February 10th, 2019 • 3 min read
As part of a hackathon on Artificial Intelligence, we imagined AI integrated solutions meant to help the French society with a focus on the justice system.
Hackathon
Julian Weber
Kevin Cattelet
Samuel Ouarbi
Lobé Sene
Constance Barriere
Nicolas Deschamps
5 days
UX Researcher/Designer/Facilitator
The idea was to explore the AI subject extensively in order to find relevant use of it in different domains and introduce a political program.
Today, justice in France is far from being exemplary. In theory, it’s accessible for everyone, although, there are disparities between wealthy and low-income people. Complaints are long to be accessed, usually taking at least 3 months and last up to 20 months. Lawyer’s fees are very expensive which can be dissuasive. Legal aid is also quite limited, lawyers are less paid by the state so they’re less of them. There is a two-speed justice: if you can afford it, it’ll be fast and easy, but for the middle class, it’ll be way more complicated.
The objective of our project is to use AI to decrease inequalities by making justice easier to access, simplify the legal process,and restore the image of justice, which is too expensive, slow, and complex.
Firstly, for the complainant, we want to create an expert AI of all French laws, and case laws It will allow our other AI to interact among each other.
We wish to make an interactive AI which will, after identification of the complainant request, assess the cost and time of the proceedings, to accompany constituting the case. A chatbot will also help guiding and answering questions.
To help assessing a potential expensive case, we thought of an intelligent analysis that would simulate chances of winning a case by comparing similar ones and their verdict.
For young people, our solution is meant to educate and raise awareness thanks to a role-playing game teaching how to use the online platform with tangible cases.
We also want to set an AI assistant for legal aid specialized lawyers, to help them, and reduce the proceedings time. For instance, it could be in charge of finding a specialized lawyer, and take care of administrative tasks.
