AI Company Offers $1 Million For Robot Lawyer To Argue Before The U.S. Supreme Court

Today, an artificial intelligence firm made a curious offer for any lawyer or person with a case coming up at the Supreme Court to allow an AI to feed them lines, promising anyone who goes through with it will receive $1 million in return.

DoNotPay will pay any lawyer or person $1,000,000 with an upcoming case in front of the United States Supreme Court to wear AirPods and let our robot lawyer argue the case by repeating exactly what it says. (1/2)

— Joshua Browder (@jbrowder1) January 9, 2023

Joshua Browder and his company DoNotPay offer automated solutions to common legal woes. The service, which has been in operation for several years, gives legal advice from chatbots. It also automates some basic legal actions, such as asking companies to stop sending spam mail.

According to its site, the goal of DoNotPay is to make legal services more accessible and less expensive for people by developing artificial intelligence that can do some of the things lawyers are usually paid a lot of money to do.

Here is how to make $1,500 every time you get a robocall.

Trying something new @donotpay.

We are producing 30 second videos about consumer rights laws. pic.twitter.com/fHoAPrIQIE

— Joshua Browder (@jbrowder1) January 5, 2023

A few days ago, DoNotPay was scheduled to have its first day in court. Somebody promised to use the AI in traffic court to combat a speeding charge by putting in AirPods and saying what the robot lawyer tells it to say.

The case will go to trial at some point in February in the United States, although DoNotPay is not naming where exactly because the goal is to use the AI without the court knowing.

Would you let an AI help you get out of your speeding ticket? The company DoNotPay is sending its AI lawyer to court next month.

It'll run on a smartphone in the defendant's pocket, listen to the arguments presented during the hearing, and use AirPods to tell them what to say. pic.twitter.com/HDRk1KZeOW

— Morning Brew ☕️ (@MorningBrew) January 9, 2023

According to critics, the viral marketing attempt to admit a robot lawyer into the U.S. Supreme Court would not work and would result in actual legal consequences for the people involved.

Set aside all the other reasons why this is a truly awful idea. Has your robot lawyer read the rules governing electronic devices in the Supreme Courtroom? Is it familiar with the simply astonishing array of Supreme Court police officers who ruthlessly enforce this rule? https://t.co/07CPmIzozO

— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) January 9, 2023

my man you should ask your little robot lawyer what would happen to someone that took you up on this https://t.co/KM8g8TJ1bj

— Joshua Erlich (@JoshuaErlich) January 9, 2023

But DoNotPay's ambitions reach even higher than robot lawyers, apparently seeking to replace the entire legal system with robots. Some were highly skeptical of these ambitions as the viral tweet spread online throughout the day.

we will do it

— Joshua Browder (@jbrowder1) January 9, 2023

You are a disgrace to those who have come before you pic.twitter.com/ixUaykwy6w

— The Fightin' Soy Boys (@BottomStructure) January 9, 2023

Artificial intelligence technology, if you believe its promoters, does promise to change our world and has already had massive impacts on the art world (as well as much pushback). As such, many posters online imagined what a future that involves robot lawyers might look like, and how these AIs would adapt to different cultural situations.

robot lawyer in atlanta gon lean in like, “my calculations saying you not beating this my boy” https://t.co/0lFDfgcMQn pic.twitter.com/WRZqE9DR69

— benny ♪ ☆ (@popstarbenny) January 6, 2023

Last year saw many high-profile advances in artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT and art generators like Midjourney. The buzz around the new technology is loud, although predicted changes to the economy and society have yet to arrive. Some are skeptical, comparing the hype around AI to the hype around cryptocurrency in the past.

There is a non-zero chance, however, that this latest development in robot law will end up on your grandchild's history test — and maybe it'll even be graded by a robot teacher.