DIKE Co-Director Prof. Marco Giacalone has published a new contribution in the Amsterdam Law & Technology Institute (ALTI) Forum, entitled “From the Chessboard to Private Justice: Why the Future Is Human–Machine Cooperation.”
OVERVIEW OF THE CONTRIBUTION
How is artificial intelligence reshaping private dispute resolution, and what role should human judgment continue to play?
This is the central question explored in the contribution, which examines the growing role of AI in arbitration, mediation, negotiation, and online dispute resolution. Rather than framing AI as a substitute for human decision-makers, the piece shows how it is already transforming the broader environment in which disputes are prepared, assessed, managed, and resolved.
The contribution discusses the use of AI in case preparation, predictive analytics, and automated dispute resolution, while also considering the specific potential of generative AI to support legal drafting, document review, communication between parties, settlement proposals, and access to legal information.
At the same time, the analysis highlights the risks associated with the integration of AI into private justice, including concerns relating to transparency, accountability, automation bias, and the reliability of AI-generated outputs. These concerns are particularly significant in private dispute resolution, where confidentiality and informality may already limit transparency.
Drawing on the idea of human–machine cooperation, Prof. Giacalone argues that the future of private dispute resolution should not lie in replacing human judgment, but in developing AI-supported workflows that enhance efficiency and access to justice while preserving fairness, accountability, and human responsibility.
Read the full ALTI Forum contribution: From the Chessboard to Private Justice: Why the Future Is Human–Machine Cooperation