The judiciary is often compared to the church or the military. All three are bastions of conservatism. They cannot be fully democratized and are bound by historical respect for tradition, precedent, meritocracy, and seniority.
So, it is pleasantly surprising and commendable that Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmund accepted the challenge of how the judiciary can “transform technology for good and move from problems to solutions…” It was a recent speech.[t]Technology has impacted the Philippine judiciary in many ways. It has not only changed the process and operation of the courts. To some extent, it has also changed the way we think about the judiciary. Expanded access to information allows for a comprehensive understanding and deeper analysis of events. Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to improve the accuracy and efficiency of judicial decisions, but it can also introduce algorithmic bias. ”
In fact, “algorithm”, “technology”, “AI” (and its more useful versions “Gen AI” and the current sensation “ChatGPT” (Generative, Pretrained Transformer)), and its derivatives. “Bard,” “Bing,” “Baidu,” etc.) are new terms that are not well understood by many judges. However, whether you are currently employed or retired, it is important to understand the new terminology of this era (e.g., “Neuralink,” “Bitcoin,” “Crypto,” “Metaverse,” “Pod,” “5G,” etc.) Must be familiar. This includes the Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovation 2022-2027 (SPJI), which the Supreme Court announced a year ago. SPJI does not intend to repeat what he wrote on November 14, 2022 and he wrote on the 21st.
For now, even if the SPJI achieves only one objective, it will ensure the delivery of quality justice by adhering to the constitutional deadlines for final decisions and speeding up the process of reaching final decisions. Suffice it to say, we will accelerate implementation. (e.g., strengthening of judgments and interlocutory orders), the court would have achieved, in my opinion, a monumental success. SPIJ could then be extended for another five years, from 2028 to 2033, with even greater reliance on high technology and AI.
Truly, AI is the future. It will cause unimaginable changes for everyone around the world. It will be as profound a change as the seismic shift from hunting animals and picking fruit to agriculture and the industrial revolution, which took several centuries. In contrast, civilization moved to jet planes, bullet trains, and highways in just a few decades, and even faster to personal computers in the 1980s, the Internet in the 1990s, smartphones in the 2000s, cloud computing in the 2010s, and AI. . In the 2020s. With AI and its spin-offs, transformation will happen at lightning speed.
AI will transform work, occupations, workplaces, habits, lifestyles, healthcare, family relationships, longevity, law, and governance, thereby raising concerns and fears that they will become obsolete and useless. While physical illnesses, epidemics, and epidemics may be cured, if not eradicated, through better medicine and medicine, mental disorders will become more prevalent and difficult to cure.
Nevertheless, for every job or occupation that becomes obsolete, a new one will be created. Just as horses and carabaos were replaced by tractors and backhoes, repetitive tasks and even legal and medical research will be replaced by apps and robots. As a result, new jobs, professions, and opportunities will emerge that allow for more leisure time. However, values and principles such as empathy, trust, love, justice, and faith in the Almighty remain.
While constitutions, laws, and regulations can be easily populated by AI and quickly applied to specific facts, humane justice can only be applied by judges and not always by automated formulas. For example, the criminal law gives judges the right to choose between different punishments, and the civil law gives judges the freedom to disseminate “rights and justice.” Indeed, in order to realize a just and humane society where freedom is protected and prosperity is fostered under the rule of law, judges are given far-reaching discretion that high-tech bots cannot reach.
On a personal note, after retiring as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in December 2006, I served as the local chair of several international organizations (such as ASEAN Law) to keep up with social changes and the outpouring of human knowledge. I am grateful for the opportunity. Association and the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague), and as officers, directors, trustees or advisors of our country’s major banks, corporations, foundations and charitable/religious organizations.
I regularly attend regular meetings of these groups (despite occasional illnesses, travel, vacations, disabilities, deaths of loved ones, etc.) and have continued to write this column every week for almost 17 years. As faithful as I have been to writing), it keeps my mind active. And I have always taken on challenges. Similarly, I am fortunate to be given access to golf and tennis clubs several times a week to enhance my physical, mental, and social well-being, even if it is insufficient. , I was able to keep up with social trends and terminology. In this era of hypersonic speed.
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