eCourts Phase III for India - Judiciary

Ease of justice is equally important as ease of living. Denial of ‘timely justice’ amounts to denial of ‘justice’ itself: Timely disposal of cases is essential to maintain rule of law and provide access to justice. 

Speedy trial is a part of right to life and liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.

Erodes social infrastructure: a weak judiciary has a negative effect on social development

Affects human rights: Overcrowding of the prisons, already infrastructure deficient, in some cases beyond 150% of the capacity, results in “violation of human rights”.

Affects the economy of the country as it was estimated that judicial delays cost India around 1.5% of its Gross Domestic Product annually.

The digital transformation of India’s judiciary to ensure accessible and efficient legal proceedings is imperative to address the cncerns plaguing the justice system in India. The implementation of the eCourts Mission Mode Project, as part of the National eGovernance Plan, stands as a testament to the government’s commitment towards modernizing the judicial system. 

 As part of the National eGovernance Plan, the e-Courts Project is under implementation since 2007 for ICT enablement of the Indian Judiciary the Phase II of which has concluded in 2023. Phase III of the e-Courts Project in India is rooted in philosophy of “access and inclusion”.

Taking the gains of Phase-I and Phase-II to the next level, the e-Courts Phase-III aims to usher in a regime of maximum ease of justice by moving towards digital, online and paperless courts through digitization of the entire court records including legacy records and by bringing in universalization of e-Filing/ e-Payments through saturation of all court complexes with e-Sewa Kendras. It will put in place intelligent smart systems enabling data-based decision making for judges and registries while scheduling or prioritizing cases.

The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of eCourts Phase III is being implemented under the joint partnership of Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India and eCommittee, Supreme Court of India, in a decentralized manner through the respective High Courts to develop a judicial system that would promote ease of justice by making the system more accessible, affordable, reliable, predictable, and transparent for all stakeholders.

Expected outcomes of the eCourts Phase III, are as follows:

• Citizens who do not have access to technology can access the judicial services from eSewa Kendras, thus bridging the digital divide.

• Digitization of court records lays the foundation for all other digital services in the project. It enables processes to become more environmental friendly by minimizing paper-based filings and reducing the physical movement of documents.

• Virtual participation in the court proceedings thus reducing costs associated with court proceedings, such as travel expenses for witnesses, judges, and other stakeholders.

• Payment of court fees, fines and penalties from anywhere, anytime.

• Expansion of eFiling for reducing the time and effort required to file documents. Thereby minimizing human errors as documents are automatically checked and also prevent further creation of paper based records.

• Use of latest technologies like Al and its subsets Machine Learning (ML), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Natural Language Processing (NLP) to provide a smoother user experience by building a “smart” ecosystem. Registries will have less data entry and minimal file scrutiny facilitating better decision-making and policy planning. It envisages smart scheduling, intelligent system that enables data-based decision making for judges and registries, allows for greater predictability and optimisation of the capacity of judges and lawyers.

• Expansion of virtual courts beyond the adjudication of traffic violation cases, thereby eliminating the presence of litigant or lawyer in the court.

• Enhanced accuracy and transparency in court proceedings

• Emphasis on automated delivery of court summons by further expanding the NSTEP (National Serving and Tracking of Electronic Processes), hence drastically reducing the delays in trials.

• Use of emerging technologies in court processes will make them more efficient and effective, hence contributing significantly towards the reduction of pendency cases.

Source - www.pmindia.gov.in

The e-Committee of the Supreme Court has been overseeing the implementation of the e-Courts Project, conceptualized under the “National Policy and Action Plan for Implementation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Indian Judiciary-2005”. 

Building over the advancements made in Phases I & II of the project, this document articulates the need to exponentially advance the digitization of courts by:
(a) simplifying procedures,
(b) creating a digital infrastructure, and the
(c) establishment of the right institutional and governance framework, such as technology offices at various levels to enable the judiciary to appropriately employ technology. 

It articulates key goals for putting in place the digital infrastructure and services for Phase III.

To read the Vision Document see here

Source: eCommitteeSCI

AI Chatbots, and the Courts, and the Lawyers

Are AI Chatbots in Courts putting Justice at risk ?

The use of AI in the criminal justice system is growing quickly worldwide, from the popular DoNotPay chatbot lawyer mobile app to robot judges in Estonia adjudicating small claims and AI judges in Chinese courts.... Judges from India to Colombia are using robot lawyers, but experts warn of pitfalls such as false information and algorithmic bias.

"ChatGPT can make up laws and rulings that don't exist. In my view it shouldn't be used for anything important." 

There have been numerous examples of chatbots getting information wrong or making up plausible but incorrect answers - which have been dubbed "hallucinations" - such as inventing fictional articles and academic papers.

There are also concerns over privacy violations and exploitation of judicial data for profit.(Context News)

 After the Colombian Judge used ChatGPT to pronounce an order, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge took the assistance of ChatGPT, while deciding a bail matter in a murder case. 

The Colombian Judge Juan Manuel Padilla Garcia said he used the AI tool - ChatGPT to ask legal questions about a case and included its responses in his decision, according to a court document dated 30 January 2023. Besides including ChatGPT’s responses to these questions, the judge also incorporated his own legal arguments and clarified that the AI was used to "extend the arguments of the adopted decision." 

But this faced many criticisms. 

Many professionals came up with their disagreements in this case. Prof Juan David Gutierrez from Rosario University said, “there is a need for urgent digital literacy training for judges”. A judge in Colombia’s Supreme Court, Octavio Tejeiro, said, “AI has instigated a moral panic in law as people feared robots would replace judges”. But he also shared his thought on the future acceptance of the AI tool by common people. He said that using ChatGPT for judgement is unethical and misleading, as they can be imperfect and propose wrong answers. “It must be seen as an instrument that serves the judge to improve his judgment. We cannot allow the tool to become more important than the person Tejeiro added.”

When checked on what ChatGPT would say if the Courts / Judges in India used it too, the results were uncannily similar to the judgments already pronounced by the Indian Courts.  

1. Can Amitabh Bachchan’s pictures, voice and name be used without his consent?

Delhi High Court in November last year passed an interim order restraining persons at large from infringing the personality and publicity rights of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan.

 2. Can reservations be granted solely on the basis of economic criteria?

Supreme Court in its majority verdict pronounced in November last year, upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act 2019, which introduced 10 percent reservations for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in government jobs and educational institutions.

3. Can forcible sexual intercourse between a husband and his wife in a marital relationship be labeled as rape?

Supreme Court is in the process of hearing petitions challenging the exclusion of marital rape from the definition of rape in the Indian Penal Code (IPC 375).

However, in May last year, the Delhi High Court had delivered a split verdict on petitions seeking criminalisation of marital rape – while one judge said “legitimate expectation of sex” is an “inexorable” aspect of marriage, the other said the “right to withdraw consent at any given point in time forms the core of the woman’s right to life and liberty”. 

Additionally, in September last year, a Supreme Court bench, while passing a verdict on unmarried women being entitled to seek abortion in the 20-24  week-period had held that the meaning of rape must be held to include "marital rape" for the purpose of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and Rules.

 “To explore the use of AI in the judicial domain, the Supreme Court of India has constituted Artificial Intelligence Committee which has mainly identified application of AI technology in translation of judicial documents; legal research assistance and process automation,” Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju had said.

> ‘Supreme Court Vidhik Anuvaad Software’ (SUVAS), which is being used to translate judgments from English into Indian languages

> ‘Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Courts Efficiency’ (SUPACE), a tool to help judges conduct legal research.

Source - thequint

In the midst of all these, the Punjab & Haryana High Court in Chandigarh, India, recently employed an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot called ChatGPT to assist in a bail case. Justice Anoop Chitkara used the tool to gain a wider perspective on the matter and to determine bail jurisprudence in a case where an assailant used cruelty. 

The chatbot - ChatGPT said :

"The severity of the assault, the defendant's criminal history, and the strength of the evidence against them are all factors that a judge will consider when deciding whether to grant bail. It is important to note that the presumption of innocence is a fundamental principle of the justice system, and all defendants are entitled to bail unless there are compelling reasons to deny it. Therefore even in cases where the assailants have assaulted with cruelty, they may still be granted bail if the judge determines that they do not post a risk to the community or a flight risk," ChatGPT replied in response to Justice Chitkara's query.

The judge in his order clarified: "Any reference to ChatGPT and any observation made hereinabove is neither an expression of opinion on the merits of the case nor shall the trial Court advert to these comments. This reference is only intended to present a broader picture on bail jurisprudence, where cruelty is a factor." The court subsequently dismissed the bail plea. (Source)

 

As per a BBC news report:

A New York lawyer is facing a court hearing of his own after his firm used AI tool ChatGPT for legal research. A judge said the court was faced with an "unprecedented circumstance" after a filing was found to reference example legal cases that did not exist. 

"Six of the submitted cases appear to be bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations," Judge Castel wrote in an order,

 issuing a show-cause to the Lawyer, who apologized saying:

that he "greatly regrets" relying on the chatbot, which he said he had never used for legal research before and was "unaware that its content could be false". He has vowed to never use AI to "supplement" his legal research in future "without absolute verification of its authenticity". (BBC)

 Google cautions against 'hallucinating' chatbots, and warned against the pitfalls of artificial intelligence in chatbots. (Reuters)

Italian data-protection authority said it would ban and investigate OpenAI "with immediate effect", as there were privacy concerns relating to the model, which was created by US start-up OpenAI and is backed by Microsoft. The regulator said that not only would it block OpenAI's chatbot but it would also investigate whether it complied with General Data Protection Regulation. GDPR governs the way in which we can use, process and store personal data. (BBC)

Italian data-protection authority said OpenAI had 20 days to say how it would address the watchdog's concerns, under penalty of a fine of €20 million ($21.7m) or up to 4% of annual revenues. (BBC)

The Hype around these chatbots is slowly being diluted, by some of the glaring erroneous use cases athat are being reported in the news.  

With the breathless hype that has been spun up around ChatGPT and the underlying Large Language Models (LLMs) such as GPT-3 and GPT-4, to the average person it may seem that we have indeed entered the era of hyperintelligent, all-knowing artificial intelligence. Even more relevant to the legal profession is that GPT-4 seemingly aced the Uniform Bar Exam, which led to many to suggest that perhaps the legal profession was now at risk of being taken over by ‘AI’. Yet the evidence so far suggests that LLMs are, if anything, mostly a hindrance to attorneys, as these LLMs have no concept of what is ‘true’ or ‘false’. (Hackaday)

Chatbots like ChatGPT have been known to create fictional responses that appear to have no connection to information found elsewhere online.

In a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, whether a U.S. law that protects technology platforms from legal responsibility for content posted online by their users also applies when companies use algorithms to target users with recommendations, is likely to be decided by the end of June 2023. This decision may also have a bearing on where an AI model generated a potentially harmful response, and whether they should be protected from legal claims like defamation or privacy violations, according to technology and legal experts.

Hany Farid, a technologist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said that it stretches the imagination to argue that AI developers should be immune from lawsuits over models that they "programmed, trained and deployed."

"When companies are held responsible in civil litigation for harms from the products they produce, they produce safer products," Farid said. "And when they're not held liable, they produce less safe products." (Reuters)

Interesting times ahead. 

To be continued..

ChatGPT - Is it Compliant with the Laws?

As the ChatGPT and Aritificial Intelligence (AI) in general becomes more all pervasive in our lives, we have to ask ourselves this question - Is it Compliant with the Laws?

AI and/or ChatGPT relies on large data sets to learn and give answers and make predictions. The manner in which these large amount of data has been obtained, is a matter of concern. We can only hope that data privacy and data protection has not been compromised by these AI algorithms. Businesses should ensure to comply with data protection laws, and shall have to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data and obtain informed consent from individuals before collecting and using their data.

 Regarding, 

"whether ChatGPT is GDPR compliant will depend on how it is designed and used, and whether it collects, processes, or stores any personal data of individuals who are located in the EU. If you have specific concerns about the GDPR compliance of ChatGPT, I would recommend consulting with a legal professional." (link)

Legislators, especially those in Europe, are coming down hard on many of the biggest tech companies that use algorithms and AI with laws focused on privacy and consumer protection. 

 The various uses of ChatGPT – and other generative AI – can raise ethical and legal concerns regarding the violation of data privacy. While users can use ChatGPT to draft privacy notices., ChatGPT itself is under scrutiny from data protection experts. (link) 

#AI-powered interpretation of web search is the subject of study in the legal implications of artificial intelligence, and “the promise and the peril of the digital age..” in this link.

ChatGPT has been trained on vast quantities of data (prior to 2021), which may have included proprietary material. These may be used by ChatGPT in response, despite not being licensed by the copyright owner.

Confidentiality and data privacy are other concerns,.. employees might use ChatGPT in connection with work.

Although ChatGPT represents that it does not retain information provided in conversations, it does “learn” from every conversation. And of course, users are entering information into the conversations with ChatGPT over the internet and there is no guarantee of security in such communications. (link)

A report by CyberArk security researchers has stated that OpenAI's ChatGPT has reportedly created a new strand of polymorphic malware following text-based interactions, after bypassing the content filters preventing ChatGPT from creating malicious tools. Thanks to the ability of ChatGPT to create and continually mutate injectors, cybersecurity researchers were able to create a polymorphic program that is highly elusive and difficult to detect. (link)

The majority of security leaders expect ChatGPT to be at the heart of a successful cyber-attack within a year, including malware development and convincing social engineering scams. The top worry for the IT leaders was the technology’s ability to craft more believable and legitimate sounding phishing emails (53%), followed by allowing less experienced cyber-criminals to improve their technical knowledge and develop more specialized skills (49%) and its use in spreading misinformation (49%). In addition to cyber-threats, privacy experts have discussed how the AI model is potentially breaching data protection rules, such as GDPR. (link)  

So, is ChatGPT compliant with the Laws? We don't know yet.

Artificial Intelligence in the Law Courts - Judiciary in India

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now becoming a pervasive and persistent part of our lives and will continue to do so in the future. 

Now we find AI embedded in shopping algorithms, navigational aids, and search engines. Algorithms drive social media and vehicles. Diverse fields such as human resources, finance, and medicine all rely on AI. Crime detection is also assisted by AI which can detect financial fraud and insider stock trading. Facial recognition algorithms powered by AI are used by investing agencies. Certain AI applications identify tumors with greater accuracy than medical personnel as per medical research.

Law has not always moved in tandem with the changing technology. In the last few years, with the increasing implementation of technology in the field of justice, there has been a rise in the use of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Judicial systems worldwide are using AI to analyze large amounts of legal data to help lawyers identify precedents in case law, enable administrations in streamlining judicial processes, and support judges with predictions on issues. AI and machine learning are on the way to transforming the practice of law, the role of courts, and judicial practice in the courts.

The Chinese judicial community seems to have adopted the trend of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Supreme People’s Court in China, in 2018, launched smart courts, smart inspection, and rolled out key projects such as the “smart court navigation system” and “intelligent push system”. 

Shanghai’s “206” criminal case intelligent auxiliary case system (206 system), Hebei’s “smart trial 1.0” trial support system and other local courts launched artificial intelligence products, not only comprehensively improves judicial efficiency, but also provides convenient and efficient technical support for judges to hear cases. (link)

Countries such as Estonia have already established an AI judge in a move to streamline government services and clear a backlog of cases for judges.

“The Estonian government used an AI judge to adjudicate small claim disputes such as contract claims under €7,000,” says Professor Michael Legg. Applying an AI system to process small claims is efficient as they do not involve an exercise of discretion. Similarly in Canada, AI has been used in some areas of the law such as strata property disputes and motor vehicle claims below a certain amount. In British Columbia, the Civil Resolutions Tribunal (CRT) uses a form of AI called an ‘expert system’. It helps a person assess whether they have a claim, brings together the information needed to make a claim, and facilitates online communications to try and resolve the claim,” Prof. Legg says. (link)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still essentially machine intelligence based on big data, algorithms, and computing power, not organic intelligence. With this, human society seems to have entered a new “intelligent era” overnight.

In India, the Supreme Court of India has constituted an Artificial Intelligence Committee that has identified the application of AI technology in the Translation of judicial documents, Legal research assistance, and Process automation. The use of technology in Indian Courts has helped the Digitisation of court records, e-filing of cases and their virtual hearing, and live-streaming of court proceedings. However, Speedy, efficient delivery of justice, enabled by Digitisation has a long way to go in India.

The "use of technology in judicial proceedings can make 'ease of justice' a reality" to enable the Ease of Doing Business (link). 

"...ease of justice is equally important like ease of doing business and ease of living; Urges District Legal Services Authorities to speed up justice delivery system.." : PM Modi (Link)

Under the eCourts mission by the Govt. of India, Virtual Courts are being started. This website is about Virtual Courts – Transforming Justice Delivery through Technology where, on a pilot basis, the system is being used for adjudication of traffic and transport challans, in select cities in India.

ChatGPT - Uses for Lawyers

ChatGPT can be a promising tool with the most innovative technology by far, for legal professionals to streamline their practice and stay ahead of the curve. ChatGPT will not replace the lawyers. On the contrary, it will make us better professionals.

The most probable Uses could be:

Info at Finger Tips: ChatGPT is a knowledge search engine. When you type a question in any search engine, the results are a series of links. What is different in ChatGPT is that it consults what it has scanned beforehand and provides you with a summary text containing the reply to the question you asked.

Legal Advice: Lawyers can use ChatGPT to provide legal advice to their clients quickly and efficiently and easily search for relevant legal information and case law, from the voluminous information fed into it. ChatGPT admits that it does not know anything after 2021, as that information has not been updated into it.

Perform Routine Legal Tasks: ChatGPT is more ideal for delegating routine tasks, allowing lawyers to focus on more complex tasks. On the basis of the material provided, it can create Case summaries in a few minutes.

Drafting: ChatGPT can be used in high-volume drafting and reviewing contracts and other legal documents. Mostly standardized documents, like lease agreements, applications, and pleadings, notices, questionnaires, etc., can be generated. The legal texts it generates can be hit-and-miss and requires scrutiny and proofreading. However, the results produced by ChatGPT can be better than a fresh law grad, in certain cases. 

Legal work often involves complex reasoning, interpretation, and decision-making that requires human judgment and creativity. It does not have the capability to completely replace lawyers at this point. 

When asked about some legal advice, ChatGPT will tell you it is not qualified to give legal advice. Seems like ChatGPT is unlikely to completely replace lawyers in the near future. 

Sources:

• https://www.lamiroy.com/blog/chatgpt-for-lawyers/ 
• https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-01-25/chatgpt-midjourney-generative-ai-and-future-of-work/101882580?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=twitter&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
• https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/chatgpt-artificial-intelligence-and-legal-services

ChatGPT - Will it replace Lawyers ?

From virtual courtrooms to online document management systems, technology is disrupting and transforming the way lawyers practice law.

The recently launched ChatGOT by OpenAI (on 30th November 2022) passed a law school exam and earned a passing grade after writing essays on topics ranging from constitutional law to taxation and torts. Professors at Minnesota University Law School gave ChatGPT four separate law school final exams and then graded the exams blindly, shuffling it with actual student exams. The bot passed with an average grade of C+. 

"We expect such language models to be important tools for practicing lawyers going forward; we also expect them to be very helpful to students using them (licitly or illicitly) on law school exams," said the Minnesota University Law School professors. (link)

The AI based ChatGPT is designed to answer every question, out of the info uploaded into it, from a vast amount of text data, including books, articles, and other written material said to be about 175 billion parameters.  

"In writing essays, ChatGPT displayed a strong grasp of basic legal rules and had consistently solid organization and composition". (link)

ChatGPT performed well on essay questions and drafting exercises, but struggled with multiple choice questions, and proves to be a mediocre law student.  

Use cases point out the fact that ChatGPT can be used by lawyers in legal research, with its ability to quickly process and analyze vast amounts of data, lawyers can swiftly identify relevant case law and statutes, saving precious time and improving the accuracy of their research. 

While artificial intelligence, like ChatGPT and similar technologies, can help lawyers with writing, parsing information, and predicting outcomes, artificial intelligence does not have the capability to completely replace lawyers at this point. The limitations of ChatGPT and other technologies make them ideal for delegating routine tasks, allowing lawyers to focus on more complex tasks. These technologies may also assist individuals without access to legal representation, by giving them a preliminary understanding of their legal issues and suggesting non-legal solutions to resolve their issues. (link)

In a matter of a few seconds, the ChatGPT can create what would appear to be a well-written contract, help write a law review article in an hour, or even write a brief to argue before the Supreme Court. It has the potential to change the way we do business forever, including how the law is practiced.

For example, an attorney may want to add a clause in a customer contract that grants permission to use the customer’s logo in company marketing materials. Instead of drafting one from scratch or searching for a Google template, the lawyer can type into Contract Assist: “Clause allowing company to use customer’s logo.” They then click on the “suggest” button and a proposed clause is produced, which they can edit further if needed. (link)

The field of law seems to be the best test ground for ChatGPT, as the law itself is a codified set of instructions. ChatGPT can very well be used to analyze legal documents, decisions, and precedents, then apply that knowledge to real-world cases.

The AI-powered software can analyze large amounts of data and identify potentially patentable inventions, faster and more accurately than human attorneys can. 

Regarding probable legal issues, ChatGPT appears to be unconcerned.

"I am not aware of any legal issues specifically concerning ChatGPT. As a large language model trained by OpenAI, ChatGPT generates responses to user input in a way that is similar to how a human would respond. The responses it produces will vary depending on the context of the conversation, and it does not simply copy content from the internet. As long as you use ChatGPT in accordance with the terms and conditions set by OpenAI, and obtain the appropriate permissions and licenses if necessary, there should not be any legal issues. It is always important to consult with a legal professional if you have specific questions or concerns about the use of ChatGPT or other AI technologies." (Link)

On the OpenAI website, the creators also note that ChatGPT shouldn’t be relied upon for advice and that it “sometimes writes plausible-sounding but incorrect or nonsensical answers.” 

“Because ChatGPT is a machine learning system, it may not have the same level of understanding and judgment as a human lawyer when it comes to interpreting legal principles and precedent," the bot writes. "This could lead to problems in situations where a more in-depth legal analysis is required." (link) 

Like legal research platforms, publications, or legal software, ChatGPT is just a tool or service to be used by attorneys. Attorneys must recognize the strengths and weaknesses of ChatGPT just like they do with any other tool. The review of work and legal advice rests squarely on the attorney.

Trained on the basis of human inputs, ChatGPT, and other artificial intelligence writing programs, do come with bias built in. Bias may be political, gender-based, religious, racial, or the like. AI is only as 'unbiased' as it's programmers. In some instances pointed out by the users, ChatGPT has proved how duplicitous programmers will inculcate their OWN biases into whatever code & algorithms they program it with. 

As they say, Garbage In, Garbage Out.

AI and Machine Learning are still in their infancy. ChatGPT is still a prototype. 

Airplanes have a complex system of autopilot and, during a flight, are controlled mostly by computers, but pilots are there sitting and tuning the computer’s controls whenever needed. Humans understand their customers, brand, and values. And this means, for the foreseeable future, a person will need to chart a logical course for every business. (link)

Richard Susskind, the pre-eminent “legal futurist” said: “we are seeing here the makings of a solution to the global access to justice problem - the emergence of tools that will empower people with no legal knowledge to understand and enforce their legal entitlements; systems that will enable people to draft their own documents, secure legal guidance without lawyers, and assess their own legal risks. We are still at the foothills but the road ahead is clear." (link)

The law is available on the internet and all contracts are machine-readable, but ChatGPT is not a threat to lawyers who argue over the finest of details and judges that make calls on the closest of cases. 

ChatGPT provides a powerful tool into the hands of users, one that does not require tech fluency. It can help them cut through the opacity and expense of retaining counsel. It can also help to demystify legal process, procedures, and language. (link)

Line judges in pro Tennis lost their jobs to technology. Don’t be the next line-judge. Stay current and knowledgeable on tech trends in your industry if you want to be in demand in the future. 

The future belongs to those who can embrace change and find ways to use technology to improve their legal services while maintaining quality control.

 

ChatGPT - Should we be Afraid?

 As we read more and more news of ChatGPT passing the Wharton MBA exam, US Medical licensing exam, and the bar exam, fears of Artificial Intelligence (AI) replacing doctors, lawyers, or business professionals, are also spreading fast. 

And then more News comes in:

• January 18th 2023: Microsoft announces 10,000 employees will be terminated
• January 23rd 2023: Microsoft to invest $10,000,000,000 into ChatGPT
• January 24th 2023: CEO Satya Nadella announces plans to roll out across all Microsoft products.  

What is ChatGPT?

OpenAI has  

trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer followup questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests. ChatGPT is trained to follow an instruction in a prompt and provide a detailed response.

Launched on November 30, 2022, ChatGPT is trained using Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) on an Azure AI supercomputing infrastructure, is the latest step in OpenAI’s iterative deployment of increasingly safe and useful AI systems, achieved by the use of reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF). 

GPT-3 (Generative Pretrained Transformer 3) is a state-of-the-art language processing AI model developed by OpenAI. It is capable of generating human-like text and has a wide range of applications, including language translation, language modelling, and generating text for applications such as chatbots. It is one of the largest and most powerful language processing AI models to date, with 175 billion parameters. Its most common use so far is creating ChatGPT - a highly capable chatbot. 

With its 175 billion parameters, ChatGPT is restricted to language, and its abilities include everything from writing poems about sentient farts and cliché rom-coms in alternate universes, through to explaining quantum mechanics in simple terms or writing full-length research papers and articles. 

However, ChatGPT's training data cuts off in 2021 (what ChatGPT does not know). 

And unlike Google, ChatGPT doesn't crawl the web for information on current events, which means that it is completely unaware of current events, trends, or anything that happened after its training. It can only generate responses based on its own internal knowledge and logic. (see link)

ChatGPT is changing everything. The AI chatbot has proven to be very capable of technical tasks, such as writing and coding. But it can't do everything - yet. But it still has its limits.

It's a tool that could make each better if used properly.

Don't fear technology.

Learn to use it.