Dateline: March 3, 2025
A new era of negotiation has arrived thanks to the ground-breaking work of Silicon Valley start-up ContractBot. The bot, based on OpenAI’s ChatGPT functionality, uses advanced natural language processing, machine learning, and computer vision which enables it to process vast amounts of information quickly and accurately.
Today ContractBot announced that NEGbot has successfully negotiated with a big life insurance provider on behalf of a client to remove certain exclusions from their policy. The client, Jane Smith (name changed), had previously been denied full cover due to a pre-existing medical condition. However, NEGbot was able to demonstrate that the condition was well managed and did not pose a big risk, resulting in the successful negotiation.
NEGbot’s success extends beyond insurance. In the recruitment sector, the bot successfully negotiated a salary deal that was 16% better than the one initially offered by the hiring company. In another case, NEGbot helped a couple settle their divorce and child custody matter, taking into account all nuances of their relationship and living arrangements to determine what was best for the child.
When presented with the solution NEGbot had developed, the judge overseeing the case was astounded at how well the bot had covered all legal and ethical angles.
Founded in 2023 by a team of entrepreneurs who saw the potential for AI bots to revolutionise the negotiation process, ContractBot has seen rapid growth, with the number of registered users increasing by 400% in the past year.
According to their CEO, the company’s success lies in its ability to provide a cost-effective and efficient service thanks to the cutting-edge AI technology. “Our AI bots can process masses of information in a fraction of the time it would take a human negotiator, enabling us to offer a service that is faster, more accurate, and more cost-effective than our competitors.”
After the success of NEGbot, ContractBot is rumoured to be training specialised bots to broker trade deals between international rivals and peace talks in conflict zones. We could all benefit from more intelligent negotiation! First published in Mindbullets, March 2, 2023
Let AI be the judge
Judge D puts overworked paralegals out of work
Dateline: December 15, 2027
Yesterday’s announcement by law firm Samwell Booth Collander (SBC) shook the US legal community to its core. Judge D, as its in-house legal AI program is referred to, passed the bar of all 52 states in one day. With this achievement, the partners changed the rules of the firm: all legal opinions must now be either written by Judge D or vetted by “the Judge”.
At the same time, the partners at SBC announced they are no longer looking for fresh graduates to fill its offices. The partners are selling the firm’s 20-storey building in Washington DC and relocating to the open vistas of Wyoming.
Back in 2020, using AI programs as a support tool for trawling through thousands of pages of legal opinion, research documents and judgments was a welcomed help to overworked paralegals and graduates fresh out of law school. Little did they know that in just seven years, a new generation of AIs would replace them.
Says John Samwell III: “We had hopes that Judge D would shorten our research time and eliminate any errors and omissions in our opinions and case prep. But it soon turned out that it was superior to even our best legal minds. To date, Judge D’s legal opinions have not lost a single trial!”
Samwell continues: “Judge D not only saves us time in court, it even eliminates the need for our clients to go to court at all. Their opinions are so well written and complete that the opposition usually takes their analysis as the ruling.”
While some lawyers raised concerns about losing the human touch in the legal profession, their corporate clients are all for it. One CEO and client of SBC we spoke to, on condition of anonymity, expressed her joy at getting a court case solved in hours as opposed to the year-long battles. She was delighted with the associated monetary and reputational savings of a quick settlement.
With the legal community embracing AI at an increasing rate, the department of justice has started analysing whether the law or the constitution prevents AIs from being appointed as district court judges. This move has angered civil rights activists, who argue that “machines should never rule over humans!” First published in Mindbullets December 8, 2022
• Despite appearances to the contrary, Futureworld cannot and does not predict the future. The Mindbullets scenarios are fictitious and designed purely to explore possible futures and challenge and stimulate strategic thinking.
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