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New App Lets You 'Sue Anyone By Pressing a Button' (vice.com)

Posted by msmash on from the marvels-of-AI dept.

Jason Koebler writes: Do Not Pay, a free service that launched in the iOS App store today, uses artificial intelligence to help people win up to $25,000 in small claims court. It's the latest project from 21-year-old Stanford senior Joshua Browder, whose service previously allowed people to fight parking tickets or sue Equifax; now, the app has streamlined the process. It's the "first ever service to sue anyone (in all 3,000 counties in 50 states) by pressing a button."

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  1. Time to incorporate by rickb928 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Own nothing.

    Control everything.

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  2. Re:I'm sure this won't be abused by Gilgaron · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I suppose the pay version of the app will let you respond to dismiss the suit with prejudice. Or multiple tiers of payment level that get you access to better written boilerplate so you can beat the app users on the lower tiers... I guess that's basically how the legal system works anyhow.

  3. Re:With great power... by 110010001000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually you need to fill in the details, then it fills out and downloads a form for you, then you need to print it out, then you need to submit it to the courthouse, then you need to appear in court. But the downloading step requires you to push a button. The AI does the rest. Except for the filling in the details, downloading, printing out the form, submitting to the courthouse and appearing in the courthouse. The AI does pre fill out the form for you though. Pretty amazing stuff.

  4. Re:Bummer - won't work by nospam007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Unfortunately my iPhone is a 4s and it needs iOS 11.0. How can I sue anyone if I can't even afford to upgrade my 4s? Truly the system is stacked against people like me"

    1. Buy an iPhone XS.
    2. Sue Apple
    3. Return Xs
    4. Profit

  5. Re:Bummer - won't work by magarity · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good thinking. I should get all my advice from Slashdot from now on.

    Ye gods, no, please, not all your advice. Only get all your LEGAL advice from Slashdot.

  6. Re:With great power... by DarkOx · · Score: 4, Informative

    So its basically TruboTax for small claims cases. 1993 called and they'd like their definition of amazing back.

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  7. Re:I'm sure this won't be abused by Drethon · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Sovereign Citizen movement is going to love this.

    Can I use the app to sue the app?

  8. This is the App for me. by commodore64_love · · Score: 3

    I'm so tired of businesses thinking they can screw-over customers & get away with it. I'd also like to sue the telemarketer that keeps calling my cellphone every day, even though I told them "Put me on you Do Not Call list". Per US Law if they continue calling, then they can be fined in small claims.

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  9. Re:Bummer - won't work by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ye gods, no, please, not all your advice. Only get all your LEGAL advice from Slashdot.

    Also advice on women. Slashdot’s got a lot of users knowledgeable regarding women.

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