Joshua Browder, founder of Do Not Pay, shares insights on using AI for legal services, including its tumultuous journey in the courtroom. Kevin Scott, CTO of Microsoft, envisions a bright future with AI innovations, particularly through OpenAI investment. Gary Marcus, a cognitive scientist, offers a critical viewpoint on the pitfalls of current AI development and its potential dangers. The conversation covers the ethical implications, transformative power across sectors, and the fine line between promise and peril in AI technology.

Joshua Browder, the innovative founder of DoNotPay, discusses how his AI platform empowers consumers to fight bureaucracy and corporations effortlessly. With over 2 million cases resolved, Browder plans to integrate robot lawyers into physical courtrooms. The conversation delves into the resistance from traditional legal systems, surprising laws, and how technology can reshape consumer rights. He also explores the complexities of law and shares his vision for making legal assistance accessible to all.

Joshua Browder, the founder and CEO of DoNotPay, known as the world's first robot lawyer, shares his insights on using AI to empower consumer rights. He discusses the challenges faced by consumers, like high bank fees and complex cancellations, and how AI can simplify legal disputes. The conversation explores the ethical implications of robo-lawyers, the need for regulations, and the importance of transparency in AI use. Browder also reveals innovative ways to hold corporations accountable and improve the consumer experience.

AI has captured the imagination of Silicon Valley seemingly overnight. And in all this excitement, it's hard to tell what's really going on. What is this technology, how does Silicon Valley plan to change our world with it, and what exactly has a bunch of smart people very worried?I'm doing a special series to figure that all out. Over the next three weeks, I'll talk to true AI believers and its sharpest detractors to get the real story about where this technology stands, and what it might mean for us. First up: I meet Joshua Browder (@jbrowder1), a Stanford computer science dropout who tried to get an AI lawyer into court.Then: Microsoft's CTO Kevin Scott (@kevin_scott) pitches me on a bright AI future. (5:10)Plus: I talk to hype-deflator, cognitive scientist and author Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus). He believes in AI, but he thinks the giants of Silicon Valley are scaling flawed technology now—with potentially dangerous consequences. (25:30)Subscribe for free to Recode Media to make sure you get the whole series.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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