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Technology,
Law Practice

Dec. 10, 2020

Getting AI to learn legal doctrines

Utilizing a popular and famous doctrine of the law, it is possible to mindfully consider how artificial intelligence might become versed in the law and ponder the corresponding path toward imbuing autonomous legal reasoning into state-of-the-art LegalTech.

Lance Eliot

Chief AI Scientist
Techbrium Inc.

Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a Stanford Fellow and a world-renowned expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Law with over 6.8+ million amassed views of his AI columns. As a seasoned executive and high-tech entrepreneur, he combines practical industry experience with deep academic research and serves as a Stanford Fellow at Stanford University.

Have you ever heard the one about the wagon and the donkey?

I'd bet that you have.

I am referring to a quite famous English law case of 1842 that is considered a cornerstone for a particular doctrine in the law.

Here's a quick briefing about the case.

A stagecoach style wagon was being driven by a man that was employed by a wag...

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