China continues to pour massive resources into developing artificial intelligence that will have a greater reach into everyday life and functions of the state. Now, even Chinese courts are using AI to assist with making legal decisions.
A court in in the city of Hangzhou located south of Shanghai started employing AI in 2019. The judge assistant called Xiao Zhi 3.0 or, “Little Wisdom,” first assisted in a trial of 10 people who had failed to repay bank loans.
Previously, it would have…