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ByTheCourt.org      World  Future  Society  THE  FUTURE  OF  COURTS  –  

Convicted  by  a  Robot  –  REALLY?  

Herb Rubenstein Founder – [email protected] July 26– San Francisco

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Concept  for  ByTheCourt.org  

•  Create  a  100%  digital,  global  court  and  alterna>ve  dispute  resolu>on  system  

•  Maximize  use  of  technology,  including  ar>ficial  intelligence,  to  aid  in  decision  making  

•  Provide  media>on  services  as  well  as  “dispute  avoidance  services”  

•  Apply  local  law,  relax  rules  of  civil  procedure  /  evidence  the  way  the  American  Arbitra>on  Associa>on  does;  demys>fy  and  simplify  legal  process;  expand  access  

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CURRENT  SITUATION  

•  Court  systems  are  clogged  causing  delays  and  expense;  government  sponsored  court  systems  are  out  of  the  reach  of  people  all  over  the  world  in  civil  cases  

•  Long  delays  in  the  court  system  •  No  one  has  tapped  ar>ficial  intelligence  and  modern  technology  to  allow  for  filing  claims  by  cell  phone,  voice  recogni>on,  and  geVng  decisions  very  quickly  

•  Court  =  building;  future:  Court  =  Globe  3  

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Court  =  Globe  

•  Rules  of  Evidence  –  Throw  us  all  you  got  •  Rules  of  Civil  Procedure  –  Make  requests  and  provid  informa>on  

•  Use  all  available  informa>on  on  the  web  to  decide  every  case;  show  tracks  of  all  informa>on  searched  via  ar>ficial  intelligence/cogni>ve  compu>ng  

•  Plus  all  informa>on  given  by  lawyers  •  Every  case  has  a  mediator  or  judge  or  both;  could  have  a  jury  

•  All  decisions  rendered  via  smart  phone  or  video  4  

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Small  Cases  To  Government  to  Government  Disputes  

•  VISA  story  with  Dee  Hock  •  Work  with  ar>ficial  intelligence  agent  (Watson  or  other)  to  learn  how  to  handle  more  and  more  types  of  cases  over  >me  

•  Can  even  have  juries  and  try  criminal  cases  •  ALL  VOLUNTARY  SYSTEM  –  so  no  plans  to  use  this  to  convict  people  and  throw  them  in  jail  

•  But,  it  could  get  there  someday  

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Criminal  Cases  

•  Easier  to  get  witnesses  and  evidence  •  Quicker,  ogen  two  to  three  years’  delay  in  going  to  trial,  incarcerated  

•  Beier  bonding  systems,  far  greater  use  of  collateral  

•  Proba>on  and  parole  –  all  electronic  monitoring,  cheaper,  fairer,  predic>ve  analy>cs  to  help  steer  people  away  from  proba>on  revoca>on  

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Handling  of  Evidence  

•  All  evidence  will  be  handled  in  the  cloud  and  no  chance  of  evidence  being  lost,  contaminated,  or  tampered  with  

•  Rules  of  evidence  are  changed  to  eliminate  discovery  and  eviden>ary  disputes  that  are  >me  consuming  and  wasteful  

•  All  evidence  preserved  and  to  the  extent  the  par>es  allow,  available  for  use  in  other  cases  

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Improvements  Over  Current  Court  System  

•  Reduce  cost  and  delays,  improve  access  •  Minors,  undocumented,  anyone  can  easily  par>cipate  in  system  and  receive  jus>ce  

•  No  expenditures  on  real  estate  or  transporta>on  to  and  from  court  houses;  no  seVng  of  trial  dates  and  geVng  con>nued;  fewer  >me  delaying  tac>cs  allowed  

•  Asynchronous,  24x7  court  system,  easy  filing  of  documents  

•  Quick  appeal  with  two  levels  of  appeals  

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Expansions  Over  Time  

•  Will  create  a  “court  score”  like  a  credit  score  for  all  par>cipants  that  could  have  great  economic  value  in  this  more  transparent  world  

•  Will  eventually  peel  off  business  from  current  court  and  proba>on/parole  system  to  handle  rou>ne  maiers  on  line  rather  than  through  courts  

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Business  Model  (con’t)  •  Rapid  resolu>on  of  disputes  will  increase  the  value  of  many  businesses,  improve  the  lives  of  many  in  the  world  

•  Can  handle  “class  ac>on  cases”  easily  with  individuals  filing  their  own  claims  electronically  at  very  low  cost  

•  Possible  early  introduc>on  of  ByTheCourt  in  Cuba  which  will  have  the  need  for  an  expanded  court  system  if  it  is  going  to  do  more  business  with  the  US  or  Estonia  which  is  very  advanced  using  virtual  systems;  Goal  190  Countries  in  20  years  

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Why  Now?  •  Convergence  of  technology,  public  availability  of  laws,  

computer  assisted  legal  research,    •  Government  courts,  benefit  delays,  are  not  sustainable,  

and  people  are  losing  faith  in  them  •  Micro  sales  and  low  fees  can  generate  huge  revenues  from  

a  global  enterprise  •  Once  court  system  is  built,  there  would  be  great  barriers  to  

entry,  strong  switching  costs,  we  would  able  to  embed  our  court  system  into  businesses  and  organiza>ons,  would  have  organic  demand  growth,  low  sales  costs,  large  self-­‐service  component,  high  loyalty  

•  Backlog  of  1,000,000  social  security  disability  cases  pending  and  backlog  is  growing  every  day  

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Ecosystem  Strengths  Analysis  

•  A  new  futurist  tool  for  predic>ng,  naviga>ng  and  preparing  for  the  future.  

•  Not  a  trends  analysis,  or  scenario  planning  approach,  or  three  horizons,  or  foresight  analysis,  but  includes  aspects  of  each  type  of  futurist  tool  

•  Five  steps  to  the  ESA  –  Ecosystem  Strengths  Analysis  

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Five  Steps  

•  STEP  1  -­‐  Iden>fy  the  poten>al  futuris>c  poten>al  occurrence  by  sector,  key  players,  key  drivers,  economic  analysis  (cost  savings  or  value  enhancement),  poli>cal  analysis,  technology  capabili>es,  environmental  impacts,  legal  changes  necessary,  expert  commentary  on  likelihood  of  new  occurrence  like  www.techcast.org  created  by  Bill  Halal  

•  Preiy  common  form  of  analysis  -­‐  PESTEL  

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Step  2  

•  Develop  an  STATIC  Ecosystem  Map  of  key  players  in  the  sector  and  weigh  if/when  they  are/will  be  suppor>ve  of  the  innova>on  or  new  thing  – Assess  rela>ve  strengths  of  key  players  – Look  for  >pping  points  that  either  bring  in  new  players  (UBER,  AirBNB)  or  change  the  way  current  players  posi>on  themselves  on  the  issue  (Confederate  Flag)  

– Chart  the  future  course  of  possible  >pping  points  

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Step  3  

•  Redraw  the  ecosystem  map  for  periods  of  one  year,  three  years,  five,  ten,  etc.  going  forward  and  assess  how  the  ecosystem  changes  and  how  strong  it  is  in  favor  or  against  a  change  (driverless  cars  –  Military  need  in  1980,  consumer  device  2020)  

•  Monitor  the  ecosystem  evolu>on  to  help  assess  likelihood  of  event/innova>on  coming  to  popularity  

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Step  4  

•  Be  able  to  say,  when  X  happens,  this  innova>on  will  become  “mainstream”  

•  Assess  economic  and  poli>cal  strength  of  each  ecosystem  element  and  see  how  it  evolves  with  changes  that  propel  the  innova>on  (renewable  energy  vs.  coal  and  fossil  fuels)  

•  Be  sure  to  do  this  interna>onally  as  well  as  na>onally  or  within  a  market  

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Step  5  

•  Discuss  how  to  help  the  ecosystem  winners  and  losers,  our  poten>al  clients,  at  each  step  of  the  way.    (Coal  companies  buy  renewable  companies  or  u>lity  like  Florida  Power  and  buys  coal  plant  just  to  shut  it  down  and  replace  power  genera>on  with  less  pollu>ng  ac>vi>es)  

•  Goal:  Avoid  stranded  assets,  but  up  assets  which  will  gain  in  value,  build  strengths  to  producing  new  good  or  service  that  ecosystem  supports  

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Courts  and  The  Ecosystem  Strenths  Analysis  

•  Major  players  in  the  Court  System  – Lawyers,  law  firms,  judges,  court  personnel,  court  builders,  maintenance  staff,  proba>on  officers,  laws,  rules  of  evidence  and  procedure  

– All  dead  set  against  Digital  Court  System  now  – People  who  use  or  are  used  by  the  Courts  –  have  no  power  as  ecosystem  player  

– Delays  and  problems  of  our  courts  only  hurt  the  people,  not  the  other  ecosystem  elements  in  our  legal  system  

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Ecosystem  Analysis  &  The  Courts  

•  No  change  in  the  current  system  possible  •  American  Arbitra>on,  Modria  (ebay)  dispute  resolu>on  system  begin  and  flourish  

•  Technology  can  cut  the  cost  by  99%  of  all  li>ga>on  and  improve  “court  generated  delays”  by  99%  

•  Strong  economic  drivers  for  digital  court  system  –  needs  early,  big  adopters  

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Interna>onally  

•  US  unlikely  candidate  for  early  adop>on  –  Churchill  quote  

•  Countries  that  want  to  rid  judicial  system  of  bribery,  delays,  no  access  to  jus>ce  will  be  early  adopters  

•  Business  will  want  to  cut  the  cost  of  resolving  disputes  (ebay)  

•  People  will  gain  power  and  vote  with  their  pocketbooks  (Amer  Arbitra>on)  

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Unstoppable  Ecosystem  Elements  

•  99%  rule  –  do  it  99%  beier,  cheaper,  quicker  you  eventually  win  –  UBER,  AirBNB,  Cellphones,  Online  Airplane  Tickets  

•  But  only  if  ecosystem  elements  have  the  power,  resources,  and  leadership  to  make  the  change  

•  Ecosystem  Strengths  Analysis  suggests  in  this  situa>on  –  100%  digital  courts  to  rise  in  third  world  and  spread,  eventually  to  US  

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Conclusion  •  We  es>mate  one  year  and  X  dollars  to  build  prototype,  pilot  test,  

and  be  ready  to  accept  cases  globally;  We  could  start  media>ons  sooner,  but  want  to  have  a  major  roll  out  when  we  start  and  be  able  to  protect  our  intellectual  property  

•  We  can  begin  to  screen  and  cer>fy  “judges,”  mediators  and  part  >me  personnel  to  supervise  each  case,  provide  customer  service  

•  We  can  build  a  global  network  as  the  founder,  Herb  Rubenstein,  teaches  at  the  Global  Energy  Management  Program  of  UC  Denver  

•  We  can  find  local  country  partners  and  ways  to  sell  our  big  data  without  compromising  the  privacy  and  security  of  our  court  system  

•  We  will  not  seek  adver>sing  revenue  in  our  business  model,  but  will  be  open  to  many  sources  of  revenue  where  we  create  value  

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Ecosystem  System  Suppor>ve  of  100%  Digital  Courts  

•  The  hundreds  of  thousands  of  judges  and  mediators  who  will  be  hired  by  digital  court  system  

•  The  technology  companies  that  will  be  the  backbone  (Verizon,  CISCO,  IBM,  etc.)  

•  People  who  want  faster,  cheaper  dispute  resolu>on  and  jus>ce  (Think  of  El  Chapo  –  embed  him  with  a  computer  chip  and  you  can  track  him  leaving  the  prison!)  

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Ecosystem  Supporters  (Con’t)  

•  Governments  who  want  to  end  bribery  in  their  court  systems  (very  few,  actually)  

•  Companies  who  want  fair  and  resolu>on  of  interna>onal  disputes  

•  Universi>es  to  train  the  judges  and  mediators  in  every  country  and  recer>fy  them  

•  Human  Resource  Companies  like  PriceWaterHouse  Coopers  who  might  employ  the  hundreds  of  thousands  of  judges  and  mediators  

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Conclusion  

•  Ideas  maier,  but  not  as  much  as  the  strength  of  ecosystems  

•  Ecosystems  drive  what  changes  or  does  not  change  

•  The  Futurist  Profession  should  pay  more  aien>on  to  ecosystem  strength  analysis  -­‐  “ESA”  

•  Forthcoming  white  papers  and  more  detailed  explana>on  of  the  ESA.    

•  Ques>ons  and  Comments  

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Contact  informa>on  

•  Herb  Rubenstein  •  [email protected]  •  303.910.7961  •  347.916.1317  •  Member  DC,  MD  and  VA  Bar  Associa>ons;  New  York  City  Bar  Associa>on  

•  Office:  255  Dean  Street,  Unit  1,  Brooklyn,  NY  11217  

•  Skype  -­‐  herbrubensteinr  

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