A look at Estonia's efforts to deploy AI in government services, from farm inspections via satellite image analysis to robot judges for small claims disputes
GOVERNMENT USUALLY ISN'T the place to look for innovation in IT or new technologies like artificial intelligence. But Ott Velsberg might change your mind. Tweets: @nxthompson , @mims , @wired , and @gstichele Tweets: Nicholas Thompson / @nxthompson : Estonia is ten years ahead in using tech. * Unemployed workers have resumes scanned and matched with employers * Farmer subsidies are controlled by satellites * The country is now trying to design AI judges for simple court cases. http://www.wired.com/... Christopher Mims / @mims : This is absolutely wildhttps://t.co/UGMihoLQSY @wired : Estonia isn't the first to mix AI and the law, but it may be the first to give an algorithm decision-making authority. http://www.wired.com/... G.Vanderstichele / @gstichele : Estonia experiments with automated decision making in court cases in disputes valued up to € 7.000, to handle back log. Appeal is decided by humans. http://www.wired.com/...