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Devshi Mehrotra on AI, justice, and public defense

2024/11/13
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Devshi Mehrotra 认为,人工智能技术可以有效减轻公设辩护人的案件负担,提高工作效率,最终促进司法公正。她介绍了 JusticeText 平台的功能,例如自动转录、关键词提取、视频摘要等,并通过案例说明了该平台如何帮助公设辩护人更有效地审查证据,发现关键信息,从而为被告争取更好的辩护结果。她还强调了 JusticeText 作为一家营利性公司,能够持续投入研发,不断改进技术,并与政府机构合作,推动人工智能在司法领域的应用。 Reid Hoffman 指出,美国公设辩护系统面临案件负担过重的问题,导致一些无辜的人可能被错误定罪。他认为,人工智能技术可以帮助解决这个问题,并最终实现更公正的司法系统。 Aria Finger 则关注 JusticeText 的商业模式,以及如何说服政府机构投资人工智能技术。她与 Devshi Mehrotra 探讨了 JusticeText 如何创造新的市场,以及如何与政府机构合作,确保人工智能技术能够有效地应用于公设辩护领域。 一位公设辩护人分享了使用 JusticeText 的经验,说明该平台如何帮助他们更高效地审查大量视频证据,并及时发现关键信息,从而在法庭上更好地为被告辩护。 Devshi Mehrotra 详细阐述了 JusticeText 的功能和应用,并通过具体的案例说明了其对公设辩护工作的积极影响。她强调了人工智能技术在提高效率、促进透明度和确保问责制方面的作用。她还谈到了 JusticeText 的商业模式,以及如何通过与政府机构合作,推动人工智能技术在司法领域的应用。她认为,JusticeText 不仅仅是一个技术工具,更是一个促进司法公正的平台。 Reid Hoffman 关注的是公设辩护系统面临的挑战,以及人工智能技术如何帮助解决这些挑战。他强调了案件负担过重的问题,以及这如何导致一些无辜的人被错误定罪。他认为,JusticeText 等人工智能工具可以帮助公设辩护人更有效地工作,从而提高司法公正性。 Aria Finger 则从商业角度探讨了 JusticeText 的发展,以及如何说服政府机构投资人工智能技术。她与 Devshi Mehrotra 探讨了 JusticeText 的市场定位,以及如何与政府机构合作,确保人工智能技术能够有效地应用于公设辩护领域。她还关注到人工智能技术可能带来的风险,例如数据安全和隐私问题。 一位公设辩护人分享了使用 JusticeText 的实际经验,说明该平台如何帮助他们更高效地处理大量证据,并及时发现关键信息,从而在法庭上更好地为被告辩护。

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Devshi Mehrotra shares her journey from working on deep learning algorithms in a Beijing research lab to founding JusticeText, inspired by the need for technology in the criminal justice system.
  • Devshi's introduction to AI was during an internship in Beijing.
  • She worked on processing and analyzing cancer cell images using deep learning.
  • Her experiences led her to pursue further opportunities in AI, including internships at Google Brain, Microsoft Research, and DeepMind.

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America’s criminal justice system relies on public defenders to represent anyone without access to a private attorney. But public defenders are chronically under-resourced and overburdened with caseloads. Can technology help lessen that load and, in effect, make the criminal justice system more just? This week’s guest, Devshi Mehrotra, says yes. Devshi is co-founder and CEO of JusticeText, a startup developing AI software to help lawyers search and review case material more efficiently and enhance police accountability. She joins Reid and Aria to talk about JusticeText’s offerings and opportunities, along with public-private partnerships and local governments’ evolving attitudes toward AI and innovation. Plus, a public defender shares her experience using JusticeText and Devshi demos the platform. 

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Topics:

3:10 - Hellos and intros

6:47 - What inspired the creation of JusticeText

10:38 - What America’s public defenders are up against

12:35 - How JusticeText can help

14:32 - On being a for-profit company 

18:11 - Creating a new market

20:47 - JusticeText’s customer base 

23:33 - Midroll 

23:41 - A testimony from a public defender using the platform

24:40 - Requests for new features

25:58 - JusticeText demo

28:50 - How AI is supporting, not replacing, public defenders’ jobs

30:23 - The intersection of government and technology

32:53 - How local governments are thinking about AI

34:59 - Other technologies that could improve the justice system

37:28 - What entrepreneurial advice Devshi would give her younger self 

38:43 - The future of JusticeText 

40:42 - Rapid-fire questions