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Do you imagine that a pro se litigant is going to have a hard time or will be required to spend small fortunes to defend themselves in "fucking traffic court?"

You're basically trying to cut the argument both ways. Administrative courts are not criminal courts, and an AI would never be allowed near a criminal defense trial for obvious reasons.



Yes because a lawyer costs their hourly rate whether it’s traffic or criminal court. Or more generally as an economy wide trend — paying a human to do something is often the most expensive route you can take.

We’re talking about traffic tickets that are usually in the hundred dollar range. If anyone is going to court rather than just paying it, it’s because $100 is a non-trivial amount of money to them.

It doesn’t have to be AI lawyers but any change to the system that reduces the total amount of work needed to be done by humans is a win.




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