In a digitized world, where technology is increasingly present in everyday life and manages to insinuate itself even into fields that had never been considered before, the paper aims at investigating whether it is possible to use artificial intelligence (AI) in such a sensitive field as law. More specifically, the paper analyses the various issues inherent in the use of AI in a trial. Does this tool bring benefits to the judge’s decision-making process or does it create divergence among the defendants?
Although technology can undoubtedly make many aspects of a trial easier, the time when a machine is able to reason like a human being and therefore replace or advise the judge has not yet arrived.