The Robot Lawyer Resistance with Joshua Browder of DoNotPay

Should AI belong in the courtroom? Joshua Browder ventured to run an experiment where a robot lawyer would defend a court case. Looking to up the ante, he even offered $1m for a Supreme Court hearing! His experiment was met with a threat of 6 months jail time. Listen in for the full story. Topics Covered: 00:00 - Introduction 01:46 - DoNotPay’s origin 03:03 - Surprising laws 05:47 - General counsel for consumers 07:04 - The role of AI and technology 09:27 - Ensuring quality counsel 13:16 - Prioritizing features 14:49 - Corporate pushback 17:19 - Reshaping the legal system 20:40 - Entering the physical courtroom 25:16 - Cross border possibilities 26:36 - Looping humans into modeling 29:26 - Deflationary impacts 30:31 - Recent pushback 33:46 - Is AI already writing law? 35:47 - Why is law so complex? 38:12 - Entering the Supreme Court 39:17 - Lawyer support 40:26 - Looking forward 43:56 - Building horizontal vs vertical 46:14 - Does this law exist? Resources: * DoNotPay: https://donotpay.com/ * Find Josh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jbrowder1 Stay Updated: * Find a16z on Twitter: https://twitter.com/a16z * Find a16z on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16z * Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: https://a16z.simplecast.com/ * Follow our host: https://twitter.com/stephsmithio Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures.