Editor’s Comment: Contrasting with the deadly real potential of technology is a story that proves tech can be used for good. An enterprising 19 year old in Britain has come up with a ‘Robot Lawyer’ to guide penalized drivers through a process to create reliable and speedy dismissal appeals that will stand up in court.
In the right hands, it can empower people to fight against the system, but will it be enough to check the awesome power it wields in other areas? It all depends.
19-Year-Old Develops Robot Lawyer That Dismisses Your Unjust Parking Tickets
by Vic Bishop
Simply and aptly named, Do Not Pay, the ingenious business of a 19-year-old Londoner has already saved citizens of the UK an estimated 2.9 million in civil fines for unjust parking tickets. Less than 2 years old, the already popular ‘Robot Lawyer’ service has assisted people in absolving some 160,000 tickets by helping users take advantage of the appeals process, which is generally overlooked and underused.
‘DoNotPay uses a simple chat-based interface to guide users through a range of basic questions to establish if an appeal on their parking ticket is possible. These include queries on whether there were any visible parking signs at the location where the ticket was given. The AI lawyer then guides the user through the lengthy appeals process.’ [Source] Receiving too many parking fines near his home, and discovering that most could be dismissed through the appeals process, Joshua Browder was motivated to act, and created the artificial intelligence service that became an instant hit . The service is now free and easy for anybody to use, providing public legal advice that not only helps people to avoid paying excessive parking fines, but also to avoid having to hire expensive law firms to represent them in such relatively simple legal matters.
This post was published at shtfplan on July 1st, 2016.
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