Otkritie Bank survey: 18% of Russians believe that robot judges will make sentences more honest
Slightly more than a third of Russians (37 percent) reacted positively to the appearance of robot judges, but in most cases citizens would like their sentence to be considered by a person, not a digital algorithm. Such data are provided in the survey of the Otkritie Bank, RIA Novosti reports.
About 18 percent of respondents believed that the robotization of the court will make sentences more honest. The most people spoke in favor of digital justice in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region (28 percent), the least in the Far East (10 percent). At the same time, 15 percent believe that robots can be used only in civil, but not in criminal proceedings.
42 percent of Russians are categorically against replacing judges with a digital algorithm, because in their opinion this will lead to illegal sentences. Their positions are strong in the Far East (50 percent) and the Southern Federal District (47 percent).
47 percent of respondents stated that they want to hear the case by a living judge, regardless of whether they are plaintiffs or defendants, victims or defendants. 15 percent wanted a robot to handle their case.
Experts believe that in 2022, the robot segment expects development and growth. Robin R. Murphy, Ph.D. of the University of Texas, predicted that in 2022, a full-fledged delivery of products using robots will appear in many countries of the world. The head of Open Robotics, Brian Gerkey, believes that the problem of interaction between robots from different manufacturers will soon arise in the industry.