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Dec 2024
36m 12s

Replacing Judges With AI And Other Stupi...

LEGAL TALK NETWORK
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Elon's got some thoughts on the judicial system.

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Elon Musk says his AI will be able to deliver judicial opinions as soon as he feeds it "all" the cases. It will not, but his impulse sheds some light on a disturbing lack of respect for the rule of law. A pair of judges planning to take senior status as soon as Biden confirmed their successors have withdrawn their plans after the Senate sat on their proposed openings. And law school applications are up big time... and that's not good news for a lot of students.

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