A University of Hong Kong team has merged law with artificial intelligence to develop a computer program they say can predict sentences in drug-trafficking cases with up to 90 per cent accuracy.
While the program is not expected to replace professional advice given by lawyers, Anne Cheung Shann-yue, a co-director of HKU’s law and technology centre, said she hoped it would be a helpful tool for those tasked with explaining drug offenders their options.
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