Lack of evidence undermines the case for AI in the justice system - major new report delivers a damning verdict
Last month diginomica took a look at the topic of AI and the legal/justice system. One of the things that came through most clearly was what an emerging field this is. That’s a message that has been echoed with today’s release of a major new study from the Nuffield Foundation thinktank which concludes that AI roll out is outpacing necessary scrutiny. In other words, we’re charging ahead a bot-powered justice system without there being much evidence that this is a good idea or that it works.
The report - Artificial Intelligence & Justice - an evidence scoping review - commissioned as part of the Nuffield Foundation’s Public right to justiceprogram, finds that AI is being deployed across the justice system "faster than its full effects on the public can be independently or transparently evaluated", with AI deployment "materially outpacing the production of independent evidence about its effects on...
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