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Tuesday, March 6, 2007

AI busted for practicing law without a license

A (very) weak AI has been busted by a US court for practicing law without a license:

A web-based "expert system" that helped users prepare bankruptcy filings for a fee made too many decisions to be considered a clerical tool, an appeals court said last week, ruling that the software was effectively practicing law without a license.

Link (via Futurismic)

posted by Cory Doctorow at 09:20:11 PM permalink | Other blogs' comments

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