--- title: "If You Let This Startup’s “Robot Lawyer” Represent You in the Supreme Court, It’ll Give You $1 Million" description: "Domo Arigato A \"robot lawyer\" startup known for helping people negotiate lower bills and get out of parking tickets is looking to take its chatbot to the highest court in the US — and is willing to pay top dollar to anyone who'll help get the bot into that hallowed courtroom. In a two-part tweet […]" date: "2023-01-09" modified: "2023-01-09" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/robot-lawyer-supreme-court-million" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "chatgpt" - "donotpay" - "OpenAI" - "the digest" --- # If You Let This Startup’s “Robot Lawyer” Represent You in the Supreme Court, It’ll Give You $1 Million ![A "robot lawyer" known for helping people get out of parking tickets is looking to take its chatbot to the Supreme Court — and will pay you to help.]() *\Image: Getty Images/Futurism\* ## Domo Arigato A "robot lawyer" startup known for helping people [negotiate lower bills]() and get out of parking tickets is looking to take its chatbot to the highest court in the US — and is willing to pay top dollar to anyone who'll help get it into that hallowed courtroom. In a [two-part tweet thread](), DoNotPay CEO Joshua Browder said that his company will "pay any lawyer or person $1,000,000 with an upcoming case in front of the United States Supreme Court to wear AirPods and let our robot lawyer argue the case by repeating exactly what it says." Prior to OpenAI's release of its [uber-powerful]() — and [controversial]() — GPT-3, DoNotPay [primarily relied upon IBM's Watson]() question-answering AI, which, in spite of being very sophisticated for its time — it [beat Ken Jennings at Jeopardy]() almost 12 years ago, after all — doesn't hold a candle to the latest tech. And now Browder — who's [got the backing]() of everyone from Andreessen Horowitz to Founders Fund — is willing to put his money where his AI's virtual mouth is. ## Haters Mad Browder added in [his thread]() that while DoNotPay is also taking its chatbot to traffic court soon, the organization wants to show off its capabilities in a higher court because "haters will say 'traffic court is too simple for GPT.'" "So we are making this serious offer," he continued, "contingent on us coming to a formal agreement and all rules being followed." Whether this gamble — which critics are calling a [publicity stunt](), perhaps not without reason — will actually work, or is [even legal](), remains to be seen. Nevertheless, the concept of an AI lawyer arguing in front of the country's highest court is, at very least, intriguing. **More on ChatGPT:** [*ChatGPT Officially Banned from NYC Schools. Related: Good Luck With That*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()