BakerHostetler Hires Artificial Intelligent Attorney 'Ross' (fortune.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Futurism reports, Ross, the first artificially intelligent attorney, was just hired by the global law firm Baker and Hostetler. The firm announced they hired a robot lawyer created by ROSS Intelligence. Ross was built on IBM's Watson and is fully capable of understanding your questions, responding with a hypothesis backed by references and citations. It provides you with the most relevant information you are looking for rather than thousands of results you'd need to sift though. In addition, it can notify you about recent court decisions that may or may not affect your case, and it will continue to learn based off each experience it encounters. ROSS Intelligence co-founder and CEO says other law firms have also signed licenses with Ross.

Comments

So it's a glorified Paralegal, then?

[Penguinisto]

Figure it would be more accurate to call it a paralegal than a full practicing attorney with a bar that has admitted it.

And yes, pedantry and the legal profession go hand-in-hand, so I figure it's appropriate to do that here.

Re:Can an A.I. Judge be Far Behind?

[fizzup]

I can't imagine an A.I. taking into account the ways in which a human jury can be swayed.

You need a better imagination