Съдът и хвърлянето на зарове: философски и културни образи на „правораздаващия“ изкуствен интелект
The Court and the Cast of the Dice: Philosophical and Cultural Images of Artificial Intelligence as Judge

Summary/Abstract: In the first part of the article, the questions raised by the development of generative AI in the sphere of justice are examined through an analysis of Plato’s dialogue Gorgias and the critique of rhetoric articulated in the conflict between Socrates and Callicles, understood as an experiential practice aimed at producing pleasure. Attention is devoted to the myth of the judges Rhadamanthus, Aeacus, and Minos, presented by Plato as a paradigm of ideal adjudication. In the second part, additional cinematic and literary resources are mobilised through which the philosophy of law can problematise the introduction of large language models into the reasoning of judicial decisions. Among these are the monstrous figure of Oogie Boogie from the film The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), based on a story by Tim Burton, as well as the judge Bridoye, whose forty-year practice is portrayed in The Third Book (1546) of François Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel. The principal aim of the article is to demonstrate how literature can function as a laboratory for the development of legal theory.

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