It is Friday, September 13th hits theaters ‘Artificial Justice ‘a thriller starring Veronica Echegui and Alberto Ammann which raises the possibility that the Spanish judicial system implements the use of the artificial intelligence exploring the advantages, disadvantages, dangers and ethical and moral dilemmas that could arise. Simon Casal director and screenwriter of the feature film, argues that AI “It cannot be a magic solution that we blindly trust in to delegate the powers of democracy.”
“There is a huge debate about the suitability of how justice works today. It is accused of being inefficient, slow, politicized, and out of step with the current values of society… Surely these types of solutions, artificial intelligence, will be offered, but they can also be problematic.“, says the film’s director in an interview with Europa Press in which he also calls for “having a debate to decide how we want to implement AI in our society.”It cannot be a magic solution that we blindly trust in to delegate even the powers of democracy. This needs to be discussed now.“, he says.
For Casal, the introduction of AI into the judicial system would be “a priori a well-received idea”, but he warns that “there are more issues to debate”, since “There are a lot of critical decisions that should not be automated.” However, the impartiality sought is, he argues, an ideal that “neither algorithms nor human beings” can achieve.
In the film, Thente is the artificial intelligence that is intended to be introduced into the courts, and for this, the renowned judge Carmen Costa, the character of I arrivedwill collaborate by comparing their experienced criteria with the decisions made by the algorithm. The actress prepared her role with the help of a judge from A Coruña, a “very interesting” experience where he was able to observe how the judge “was really concerned about the consequences of her decisions for the plaintiffs and the accused.” Echegui affirms that the problem does not lie in AI itself: “I am not worried about it, if anything I am worried about is us, the use we are going to give it.”
Amman Yes, he believes that “We are going to face a big problem” with artificial intelligence and delves into the issue, asking “what it really is,” “who makes the software” and “associates the algorithms” of these systems. In addition, he assesses the current and future situation of the film industry in relation to this problem: “It is possible that in a few years films with human beings will be something that people look for. Because they are tired of not believing anything. Because AI is like a mask, it has no soul.”
“The danger is in all areas. In the end, AI feeds on previously created works and It is dangerous that it somehow ends up centralizing or homogenizing human creativity. This will lead to what is happening with algorithms trained by texts, which are already being trained by texts created by other machines, they no longer have human works left,” warns the director of ‘Artificial Justice’ about the consequences of the learning model of the algorithms used by artificial intelligence.
Alba Galocha y Tamar New They are also part of the cast of the feature film and agree that “it is inevitable” to have a certain impartiality, even within justice. For the actress, “the human condition is always present”, even though the judges are educated to be impartial, “humanism always plays a role”. The actor adds that “error is a very human thing” but we must differentiate between “judgmental” and “deliberate.”
Galocha reflects on the use of AI in the creation of cultural works and the role of consumers. “I’m very surprised that this is so much in the conversation. It denotes an absolute laziness in the consumption of culture, as creators it is the last straw. “As a consumer and a creator, I find it difficult to think of artificial intelligence as a path to be cut off,” she concludes.