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as well as computer systems that are able to perform tasks that
would require human intelligence. E.g.-Visual perception, speech
recognition, decision making, problem solving. Professor Herbert
Alexander Simon, Mervin Misky and John McCarthy are frequently
considered as the founding fathers of Artificial Intelligence. John
McCarthy says, “AI is the Science of making machines to do things
that would require intelligence if done by men .
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The European Commission unveiled a new proposal to regulate
the framework on AI in April 2021 . This Artificial Intelligence
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Act is the first-ever attempt to enact a horizontal regulation of
AI. The European Union AI Act sets out horizontal rules for the
development, commodification and use of Digital Intelligence
driven products, services and systems within the territory of the
European Union . This Act provides core AI rules that apply to
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all industries. As above said the usage of robotics in several areas,
including legal sector, has greatly increased in recent years. It has
a variety of applications in the legal sector, including case
management, document analysis, legal research, and language
translation services . Although the use of Intelligent Systems in the
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legal sector is still in its infancy, a collection of research shows
that AI may increase access to justice. For instance, AI can offer
language translation services for non-native speakers, lowering
barriers to legal services and minimizing language problems. The
results of this study can influence legal industry policy and practice,
helping to provide more effective and efficient legal services in Sri
Lanka.

4 Artificial intelligence<https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/artificial_intelligence.
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html> accessed 25 October 2023
5 European Commission for the Efficiency of justice (CEPEJ ) European Ethical Charter on
the use of Artificial Intelligence in Judicial Systems and their Environment .
6 Mauritz Kop, EU Artificial Intelligence Act: The European Approach to AI, Stanford
University, Issue No. 2/2021.<https://law.stanford.edu/publications/eu-artificial-intelligence-
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act-the-european-approach-to-ai/>accessed 25 October 2023
7 S Sundararajan, Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Industry: The Role of Big Data.
(International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies 2019 ) P 928
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