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Technology,
Law Practice

Apr. 2, 2021

Apologetic AI might be heading toward big legal troubles

Apologies are being increasingly emitted by AI systems that are becoming integral to our daily lives. Some believe that machine-generated apologies are beneficial while others eschew the notion. All told, the odds are that such AI is going to get mired into the ever-expanding domain of the legal field covering law-and-apologies.

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.

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One of the latest trends in artificial intelligence is the use of apologies.

Yes, you read that correctly, there is AI that is ostensibly proffering apologies to humans that interact with the AI.

Keep in mind that today's AI is not sentient and nor even close to reaching such a vaunted pinnacle. The apologetic AI being fostered onto the world currently is AI that has been programmed to emit an apolo...

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