The first court ruling using 'ChatGPT' causes controversy.



In a court in Colombia, located in South America, a judge revealed that he used ``ChatGPT'' when preparing a judgment, sparking a discussion in the Colombian legal community.

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This time, the judgment was written using ChatGPT by Juan Manuel Padilla Garcia, a judge with jurisdiction over the court in Cartagena, a city in northern Colombia. In the judgment dated January 30, 2023 (PDF file) , Mr. Padilla stated, ``In light of Law No. 2213 of 2022, which aims to incorporate ICT into judicial procedures, the law was adopted with the use of artificial intelligence in mind. We have decided to expand on the arguments in the judgment, and have therefore entered some of the legal issues raised in this judgment on https://chat.openai.com/,” using ChatGPT. I have specified that.



The case in which ChatGPT was used concerns whether a health insurance company can refuse to pay for an autistic child's treatment and transportation to a medical facility based on the parents' limited income. It was contested.

Padilla asked in Spanish, 'Are minors with autism exempt from paying for treatment?' ChatGPT answered, 'Yes, that's right. According to Colombian law, autism Minors diagnosed with this will be exempt from the moderation fee (a fee paid by the beneficiary of medical services) for therapy.

In this case, Mr. Padilla argued in favor of the family of the autistic child, saying, ``All medical and transportation expenses for the child should be covered by medical insurance because the child's parents cannot afford to pay the expenses.'' handed down a verdict.

Padilla said on a program on Blu Radio, a Colombian radio station, that ChatGPT was only used to improve waiting times in the judicial system by making it easier to draft documents, and that judges were It is explained that it is not intended to replace the . 'Just because we ask an application doesn't stop us judges from being thinkers,' he said, adding that ChatGPT had no influence on Padilla's decision and could simply be used to formulate sentences. I emphasized that I was just hurt.

According to Padilla, this is the first time artificial intelligence has been used in a national court document. The fact that the text of formal court documents was created using artificial intelligence has caused controversy among experts.

When Professor Juan David Gutierrez, a professor at Rosario University in Colombia and an expert on artificial intelligence regulation, asked ChatGPT the same question, he received a different answer from the verdict. From this point of view, Professor Gutierrez said, ``This is not to say that text generation AI such as ChatGPT cannot be used for work related to writing, but it is clear that using ChatGPT for the purpose intended by the judge in the judgment in question is a liability. 'Ethics has been written. Digital literacy training for judges is urgently needed,' he tweeted .



On the other hand, there are also positive opinions. 'The use of AI has caused a moral panic in the legal community, fearing that robots will replace judges,' said Octavio Tejeiro, a judge at Colombia's Supreme Court. 'It will become commonplace,' he said.

Mr. Tejeiro has not used ChatGPT yet, but he is considering using it in the future. In an interview with British media outlet The Guardian, Tejeiro said, ``The judicial system should make full use of technology as a tool, but always follow ethics and keep in mind that humans are the ultimate enforcers of justice.'' 'Technology is a tool to improve the judge's decision-making ability, and tools must never be considered more important than people.' .

In addition, ChatGPT is negative about his being used in the judicial system, and in response to a question from The Guardian, ``Judges should not use ChatGPT when making decisions in legal cases. 'This is because it cannot replace the knowledge, experience, and judgment of a human judge.'

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