Bridget McCormack

is no match for the kind of disputes we have today and the volume of disputes we have today.

And it hasn't been for four decades.

It's been a very long time since public dispute resolution systems have been able to address the problems in their local communities.

So why wouldn't we have more options so people could choose the right option for them in the right moment?

There would be some family disputes where parents prefer not to go to court.

They want to work things out privately.

They can do that now.

They can go to mediation and just file a resolution.

That to me seems like a good idea to be able to offer people a way to move through a dispute so that they come out on the other side

both better with respect to each other, better with respect to the other people who are impacted by the dispute, and even feel like they were able to manage that with some agency.

I don't know why we wouldn't want to have more options for more people to give them agency.

Yep.

Yeah, I mean, I don't know exactly when the world turns and we're finally able to manage lots of disputes in different ways, including AI dispute resolution systems.

But I feel pretty confident we will get there.

I think I said to you at that time, and I still agree, I mean, that for sure in some number of years, we will think it's amazing that we let humans drive cars, right?

When my kids started driving, it was the most terrifying time of my life, right?

Like that.

Not really for them, but I couldn't believe we were letting them out onto the public roads with all these innocent people out there driving cars next to them.

I think at some point we'll think that was insane that we let people drive cars.

And I think we'll also think it was probably crazy that we thought a human being had to oversee the disputes between private parties who want to be able to move through that dispute and be at a better place.