Technology,
Law Practice
Apr. 9, 2021
Explaining AI explainability amid a legally explainable vantage point
Explanations are part of our daily lives. The advent of AI has brought the nature of explanations to the forefront of ongoing debates about algorithmic systems and the use of AI that might not readily be able to explain decisions that are being automatically rendered. Furthermore, the legal field is stepping into the dialogue about explanations and even has its own dilemma when it comes to AI-based LegalTech that might or might not be sufficiently programmed for explainability.
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.
Get ready for quite a bit of explanation about explanation.
That might seem like a somewhat flippant declarative remark, but there is a serious uproar emerging about the importance of explanations. Notably, the legal field is smackdab in the center of it all.
Let's back up for a moment and start the tale at its proper beginning.
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