Keynote flags potential and risks of virtual trials, algorithms and deepfakes
Benferrado proposed using virtual trials and algorithmic tools to blind jurors and reduce bias but warned about opaque risk tools, algorithmic discrimination, and the rising threat of fabricated audio/video and synthetic DNA.
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At the symposium, Adam Benferrado explored technological pathways and risks for reforming adjudication. He said that virtual trials using neutral avatars or prerecording could hide irrelevant attributes from jurors and boost participation by making service more flexible. "If a factor like race isn't relevant to determining guilt, jurors should not know the defendant's race," he said.
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