People are using artificial intelligence to help sort out their divorce. Would you?
An online app called Amica is now using artificial intelligence to help separating couples make parenting arrangements and divide their assets.
A May survey conducted by Relationships Australia found 42 per cent of 739 respondents experienced a negative change in their relationship with their partner under lockdown restrictions.
According to Amica’s website, it “considers legal principles and applies them to your circumstances”.
In other words, the software draws on mass data (collected and embedded by its designers) from similar past cases to make suggestions to users.
Interestingly, it’s not the only tool of this kind in the legal field. There are a range of AI-powered family legal services used in Australia, including Penda and Adieu.
Australia’s family law system is overburdened, resulting in long delays for families in the court system.
Court proceedings are also expensive, and complex family law cases can cost each party more than $200,000.
AI tools such as Amica and Adieu enable couples to resolve problems themselves and avoid the slow and expensive court process.
There are legitimate concerns that parenting and financial suggestions from AI-powered tools may ignore the needs of children, and only reflect the interests of parents.
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