September 15th, an international online webinar on “Artificial Intelligence and Settlement of Disputes: Problems of Law and Ethics” was held at South Ural State University. This event was organized by the SUSU Institute of Law and Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics jointly with the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission, as part of the Year of Russia-China Cooperation.
The webinar was opened by Director of the SUSU Institute of Law Elena Titova, Deputy Chairperson of the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission Li Mingshen, and Director of the SUSU Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Head of the “VirtUM” laboratory Alena Zamyshlyaeva. The meeting was moderated by Deputy Director for International Relations of the SUSU Institute of Law Elizaveta Gromova and Deputy Director for Strategic Development of the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission Chen Chen.
Invited experts from Russia, China, Macau, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates presented their reports: IPBA Intellectual Property Committee Chair Pang Lidong, international expert of the BRICS Expert Committee at the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission Daniel Brantes Ferreira, Professor of the University of Macau Rostam J. Neuwirth, representative of Pasundan University Sayeed Muhammad Rifki Nowap, and Professor of Abu Dhabi University Yassin Shami.
The discussion focused on the following problem: where the boundary between the acceptable assistance of artificial intelligence and handing over the functions of making legal decisions to it lies. Today, AI is already capable of analysing big data on judicial and arbitration procedures, revealing the relevant norms, systematizing evidence, preparing document drafts, and suggesting the possible ways of dispute settlement. But the closer we are to the evaluation of evidence, establishing of facts, interpreting the law principles, and making the final decision, the more hotly debated the legal and ethical issues become.
Participants of the online meeting discussed the transparency and explainability of the AI decisions, the risks of algorithmic bias, the liability for the system error, the protection of confidential information and personal data, the acceptability of using AI when working with evidence, as well as the necessity to preserve the procedural safeguards of the parties. A separate block of issues touched upon the comparative approaches of the BRICS countries: speakers from the participating countries shared their view on the AI regulation in their jurisdictions.
In addition, at this event, the heads of the SUSU Institute of Law and Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics announced the start to the development of a joint project on creating of an AI service for disputes settlement.
“We see this project not as an “electronic judge”, but first and foremost, as a smart assistant for analysing and settlement of disputes,” shared Professor of the SUSU Department of Civil Law and Civil Legal Procedures Elizaveta Gromova. “The user will be able to upload the description of the situation and relevant documents into the system, and after that this service will help determine the legal nature of the conflict, highlight the key facts and disputable matters, find the applicable legal norms and relevant legal precedents, show the weak and strong points in the positions of the parties, and suggest the possible scenarios for further actions. The next level is the assistance namely with the pre-trial settlement: the system will be capable of indicating the zones for potential compromise to the parties, suggest the variants of the negotiating position or the agreement draft, and explain the legal consequences for each of the variants. It is especially important that we wish to create this service in joint effort: the law experts will define the requirements to the legal logic and procedural safeguards, while the artificial intelligence specialists will build the technological architecture of the system. I believe, that exactly this kind of interdisciplinary collaboration is the most promising one today.”
For the developers, the human-in-the-loop model is fundamental. AI may search for information, analyse, compare and suggest variants, but it is the human being who must perform the final evaluation. For disputes settlement it is of special importance since law is not just about searching for formally similar cases: it is important to take into consideration the context, good conscience of the parties, balance of interests, evaluation of evidence, and subtle issues of fairness. The project is aimed not at replacing law experts, mediators or arbitrators, but rather at creating a tool, which would allow them to see the dispute structure quicker, work with big amounts of information, and make more substantiated decisions. The main principle was worded as follows: “maximum automation for the analysis, but no automation in the legal liability”.
To close the webinar, the participants summed up the results and highlighted the prospects for further cooperation between SUSU and the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission.
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Author: Ekaterina Bolnykh, Polina Moskalenko
September 15th, an international online webinar on “Artificial Intelligence and Settlement of Disputes: Problems of Law and Ethics” was held at South Ural State University. This event was organized by the SUSU Institute of Law and Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics jointly with the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission, as part of the Year of Russia-China Cooperation.
The webinar was opened by Director of the SUSU Institute of Law Elena Titova, Deputy Chairperson of the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission Li Mingshen, and Director of the SUSU Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Head of the “VirtUM” laboratory Alena Zamyshlyaeva. The meeting was moderated by Deputy Director for International Relations of the SUSU Institute of Law Elizaveta Gromova and Deputy Director for Strategic Development of the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission Chen Chen.
Invited experts from Russia, China, Macau, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates presented their reports: IPBA Intellectual Property Committee Chair Pang Lidong, international expert of the BRICS Expert Committee at the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission Daniel Brantes Ferreira, Professor of the University of Macau Rostam J. Neuwirth, representative of Pasundan University Sayeed Muhammad Rifki Nowap, and Professor of Abu Dhabi University Yassin Shami.
The discussion focused on the following problem: where the boundary between the acceptable assistance of artificial intelligence and handing over the functions of making legal decisions to it lies. Today, AI is already capable of analysing big data on judicial and arbitration procedures, revealing the relevant norms, systematizing evidence, preparing document drafts, and suggesting the possible ways of dispute settlement. But the closer we are to the evaluation of evidence, establishing of facts, interpreting the law principles, and making the final decision, the more hotly debated the legal and ethical issues become.
Participants of the online meeting discussed the transparency and explainability of the AI decisions, the risks of algorithmic bias, the liability for the system error, the protection of confidential information and personal data, the acceptability of using AI when working with evidence, as well as the necessity to preserve the procedural safeguards of the parties. A separate block of issues touched upon the comparative approaches of the BRICS countries: speakers from the participating countries shared their view on the AI regulation in their jurisdictions.
In addition, at this event, the heads of the SUSU Institute of Law and Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics announced the start to the development of a joint project on creating of an AI service for disputes settlement.
“We see this project not as an “electronic judge”, but first and foremost, as a smart assistant for analysing and settlement of disputes,” shared Professor of the SUSU Department of Civil Law and Civil Legal Procedures Elizaveta Gromova. “The user will be able to upload the description of the situation and relevant documents into the system, and after that this service will help determine the legal nature of the conflict, highlight the key facts and disputable matters, find the applicable legal norms and relevant legal precedents, show the weak and strong points in the positions of the parties, and suggest the possible scenarios for further actions. The next level is the assistance namely with the pre-trial settlement: the system will be capable of indicating the zones for potential compromise to the parties, suggest the variants of the negotiating position or the agreement draft, and explain the legal consequences for each of the variants. It is especially important that we wish to create this service in joint effort: the law experts will define the requirements to the legal logic and procedural safeguards, while the artificial intelligence specialists will build the technological architecture of the system. I believe, that exactly this kind of interdisciplinary collaboration is the most promising one today.”
For the developers, the human-in-the-loop model is fundamental. AI may search for information, analyse, compare and suggest variants, but it is the human being who must perform the final evaluation. For disputes settlement it is of special importance since law is not just about searching for formally similar cases: it is important to take into consideration the context, good conscience of the parties, balance of interests, evaluation of evidence, and subtle issues of fairness. The project is aimed not at replacing law experts, mediators or arbitrators, but rather at creating a tool, which would allow them to see the dispute structure quicker, work with big amounts of information, and make more substantiated decisions. The main principle was worded as follows: “maximum automation for the analysis, but no automation in the legal liability”.
To close the webinar, the participants summed up the results and highlighted the prospects for further cooperation between SUSU and the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission.
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