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Bridget McCormack

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
562 total appearances

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Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

So it's an industry that we knew would be open to it.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

And we do so many of those cases, we had a good library of documents-only construction cases that we could ground our agents in.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

Our agents are ultimately operating off a handbook, but that handbook, we were able to build that and train our agents on those historical cases and with the cooperation and collaboration with a bunch of our construction arbitrators and lawyers.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

So it was the right place to start because we knew they'd want it and we could work together with them.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

I mean, it could be a lot of things.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

There are a million different ways it shows up, but something was supposed to be completed on a certain timeline and wasn't, and who's responsible for that delay?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

There might be supplier disputes.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

There's all kinds of disputes that happen in the course of a construction project that don't need testimony, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

You can decide them completely on the paperwork.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

And that was also important for us in starting this in a first offering of an AI arbitrator.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

We were not prepared to have witness testimony evaluated by agents.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

That might come one day, but we're not there today.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

and here's what the contract says about why that could have happened.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

And here's, you know, but here's my response.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

And, and then it's pretty straightforward.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

Like many disputes are honestly.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

No, it's a great question.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

So we started transforming our operation in early 2023.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

I took this job in September of 2022, but I didn't start until February 2023.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
The surprising case for AI judges

And everybody knows that, you know, in November of 2022, we all...