Associate Professor, UCD School of Computer Science @ucdcs.bsky.social
A lovely week of graduations for @ucddublin.bsky.social! Firstly my first visit to #GDIC in Guangzhou and then back to Beijing for the #BDIC conferring, where I had the great-if-nerve-racking honour of reading the names of our 87 Software Engineering graduates. Congratulations to all our new alumni.
Today @legalfutures.bsky.social have picked up my work with Oisin Suttle from Maynooth University. www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/...
Groundbreaking test finds AI judges "too persuadable"A groundbreaking test of how persuadable an AI judge can be has raised serious concerns about access to justice and miscarriages of justice.www.legalfutures.co.ukIrish Times article featuring quotes from yours truly on my work with Oisin Suttle from Maynooth University. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Research raises concerns about impact on justice systems of using AIAI ‘judges’ can be ‘very persuadable’, study findswww.irishtimes.comMy work with Oisin Suttle of Maynoth University on the persuadability of LLMs as decision-makers in legal settings has been picked up by Irish Legal News. www.irishlegal.com/articles/stu...
Study: AI judges risk being too persuadableAI systems being considered for use in courts and tribunals can be significantly influenced by the quality of legal arguments put before them, according to new research from Maynooth University and Un...www.irishlegal.comThis is the preprint of the paper (co-authored with Oisin Suttle from Maynooth University) that I presented at #ICAIL2026 yesterday.
arXiv cs.AI Artificial IntelligenceOisin Suttle, David Lillis: Persuadability and LLMs as Legal Decision Tools https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.26233 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.26233 https://arxiv.org/html/2604.26233