US Edition‘That’s not a real person’: AI avatar tried to argue a case before NY appeals court; judges weren’t having it
- On March 26, Jerome Dewald presented an AI avatar during a New York court hearing for his employment dispute.
- Dewald, representing himself, sought to use the avatar to avoid his own speech difficulties during the presentation.
- Dewald created the avatar with a San Francisco tech company's product after failing to create a replica of himself.
- Justice Manzanet-Daniels, upon learning the avatar was not real, exclaimed, "You did not tell me that sir," and stopped the video.
- The incident highlights AI's awkward integration into law, with Arizona using similar avatars and attorneys facing fines for AI errors.
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‘That’s not a real person’: AI avatar tried to argue a case before NY appeals court; judges weren’t having it
It took only seconds for the judges on a New York appeals court to realize that the man addressing them from a video screen — a person about to present an argument in a lawsuit — not only had no law degree, but didn’t exist at all.
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An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren't having it
A man appearing before a New York court got a scolding from a judge after he tried to use an avatar generated by artificial intelligence to argue his case.
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slashdot.orgAI Avatar Tries To Argue Case Before a New York Court
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: It took only seconds for the judges on a New York appeals court to realize that the man addressing them from a video screen -- a person about to present an argument in a lawsuit -- not only had no law degree, but didn't exist at all. The latest bizarre chapter in the awkward arrival of artificial intelligence in the legal world unfolded March 26 under the stained-glass dome of New Yo…
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