A judge in Colombia consulted the OpenAI ChatGPT chatbot when preparing a decision in a medical case.
Juan Manuel Padilla, judge of the Caribbean cityCartagena, said he turned to a chatbot for advice on how to pay an autistic child's medical bills given his parents' limited income. He also used precedent from previous rulings in making his decision.
The judge spoke about his work experiencewith a chatbot based on AI on the air of a local radio station Blu Radio. He said that ChatGPT and other similar AI-based solutions would be useful to “make” the work of judges easier, but would not replace them.
Padilla noted that “by asking questions of the app,we do not cease to be judges, thinking beings.” In this case, he asked the bot: “Are minors diagnosed with autism exempt from paying medical bills?” ChatGPT responded: “Yes, that's correct. According to Colombian law, minors diagnosed with autism are exempt from paying for treatment.” The judge also asked several other questions.
In 2022, Colombian authorities passed a law requiring government lawyers to use technology whenever possible to make their work more efficient.
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