Modernización de la administración de justicia a través de la inteligencia artificial

Abstract

Artificial intelligence technologies are being used in all kinds of interactions between businesses and consumers, as well as between governments and citizens. Several governments in the world are using artificial intelligence to improve the delivery of government services, and at the same time, many judicial systems are using artificial intelligence to automatize certain parts of judicial proceedings and to make them more accessible. This document proposes the use of artificial intelligence for the judicial system, in three aspects: (i) to manage legal knowledge, (ii) to manage information in support of judicial policy, and (iii) to manage court proceedings. In these thee aspects, specific tasks could be automatized, which could free the time for judges to focus their attention on more complex tasks. The document considers that there should be no "robot judges", and maintains that artificial intelligence should be applied to strengthen justice and support judges. It discusses the advantages of artificial intelligence in support of judges, as well as the main challenges in its adoption, especially ethical and institutional issues. Finally, some recommendations are made, including taking advantage of the digitization of court files to design specific artificial intelligence solutions and start applying them gradually, but soon. We also recommend the private sector to, among other things, develop artificial intelligence solutions for dispute resolution, which could later be harnessed by the judicial sector.