Artificial Intelligence can never replace human intelligence: Justice Aravind Kumar of Supreme Court

Supreme Court judge, Justice Aravind Kumar on Saturday stressed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and robots can never replace human intelligence..The top court judge said that tools like deep neural networks and machine learning, however, can be employed to tackle long-pending issues plaguing the Indian judiciary, particularly case arrears."It (AI) cannot be a replacement for human intelligence. Human intelligence can never be replaced by robotic Intelligence, understand that. What potential it has in governance of law? It has a lot of potential, especially for those countries with huge arrears and backlog of cases as with Indian judiciary. Till now, tackling it was solely dependent on human efforts. Now deep neural networks, ML, e-dictionaries etc can be employed," he said..He also said that AI can be used to speedily translate case records and documents to minimise adjournments being sought on such grounds. Further, it can help reduce the time taken by judges to sift through lengthy petitions and pleadings, he said..The judge made the remarks during a discussion on the role of Artificial Intelligence in transforming the legal landscape, which was part of the International Lawyers' Conference hosted by the Bar Council of India last weekend. .Justice Kumar emphasised that fixing accountability with respect to unlawful actions or omissions by AI will also have to be considered by lawmakers."Every coin has two sides and AI has many benefits to be reaped. We have to avoid disastrous consequences," he said. Lawmakers must consider AI's accountability, whether it should be on the developer of the application or other persons, he added. He explained that the extensive use of AI tools could enable learning biases that creep into algorithmic decison-making, and could also harm data privacy..Punjab and Haryana High Court uses ChatGPT in bail order .Justice PS Narasimha also spoke during the session. In his opening remarks, the Supreme Court judge acknowledged that AI has entered our lives and needs to be understood to prevent any 'insiduous intrusion'."I have a dream of law colleges having education in regional languages and district court proceedings being in regional languages. AI will simplify all this. Critics will say AI can debase our life, which indeed is dangerous and needs to be tackled," he said..Delhi High Court judge, Justice Rajiv Shakdher distinguished between supervised and unsupervised AI."Supervised AI is not so dangerous, since it is trained on fixed data sets. Unsupervised AI uses a cluster so it is difficult to know how it came to a decison. It is like a genie out of a bottle," he said.He cautioned law students and practitioners that AI is here to stay, and that those in the profession need to adapt to avoid becoming defunct."Drafting of leases, etc. will be taken over by AI after being fed by relevant clauses and data sets. So why will the client come to you? He will say I do not need you. So if you do not adapt, technocrats will take over your job. Bar Council and colleges have to ensure technology courses," he said. He also referred to a Delhi Police program that is using AI to monitor and tackle crime."From the courts' view, this is problematic. So these are areas you to look at. Then, in e-filing too, you and your clients end up giving us a lot of information voluntarily," he noted. .Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju said that lawyers can never be replaced by AI, and that such tools can never do key tasks like cross-examination."A brilliant lawyer is a brilliant lawyer. No amount of money you invest in a machine can replace that...Doing a task like a human being does not mean you think like a human being, which a machine cannot. It cannot have emotions. So the fear that it (AI) will take over is a myth only for the fertile minds of skeptics," he said. He added, however, that AI tools can greatly help reduce the time taken for different processes that are part of litigation, including reasearch..ASG Aishwarya Bhati spoke of how machine learning cannot compare to certain human aspects."Human skills and experience and emotions cannot be matched...(But) We do not have the luxury to become archaic. We should be on top of technology tools so that we can use them rather than them using us," she said.Cybercrime expert Amit Dubey said that AI has the potential to manipulate rather than facilitate, giving the example of higher cab fares displayed on iPhones and phones with lower battery percentages at a given time..Read our coverage of earlier sessions, here..[Watch the entire session on our YouTube channel]

Artificial Intelligence can never replace human intelligence: Justice Aravind Kumar of Supreme Court

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