Technology improves efficiency, not compassion: Orissa HC chief justice on AI

BHUBANESWAR: Advancement in technology and advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) may have enhanced efficiency in the functioning of courts but it cannot be a substitute for conscious compassion and independent legal reasoning, said Chief Justice Harish Tandon of Orissa High Court on Saturday.

Addressing a special convocation of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) University as the chief guest, Justice Tandon said the development has triggered a paradigm shift in conventional court practice but it can never replace human judgement. “I am not averse to technology as it improves efficiency and helps process information at jet speed but it cannot replace compassion and reasoning,” he said.