Technology,
Law Practice
Mar. 18, 2021
Thinking fast and thinking slow about the law and AI
There is an ongoing theory that the mind has a twofold capacity of thinking fast and thinking slow. This controversial and arguable claim proffers some interesting ramifications for lawyers and the role of legal reasoning, plus it illuminates salient aspects of how AI and the law intertwine.
Lance Eliot
Chief AI Scientist
Techbrium Inc.
Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a Stanford Fellow and a world-renowned expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Law with over 6.8+ million amassed views of his AI columns. As a seasoned executive and high-tech entrepreneur, he combines practical industry experience with deep academic research and serves as a Stanford Fellow at Stanford University.
The judge has just asked you a nerve-racking question, doing so in the middle of your court case while you stand before the bench articulating your carefully crafted legal position.
Your mind races fervently for a response.
Some would say that you are trying to think fast and simultaneously think slow.
What does that mean?
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