What is Technochauvinism

Industry 5.0 seeks to add smart machines, bots, and algorithms working alongside humans with sustainability goals concerning human, environmental, and social aspects. The legal world is no exception to Industry 5.0. New-age technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, internet of things, and cloud computing are making headway into Law. AI is of particular significance as it disrupts the field in multiple ways. It is worth inquiring whether AI is the new-age lawyer. The present chapter seeks to unpack this question in the Indian context by examining AI applications in Law, the dark side of such applications, human-AI interactions, the challenges, and potential solutions of a paradigm shift from machine learning to deep learning-based AI, the impact on sustainable development goals, and the outlook of the Indian Judiciary towards inclusion of new-age technologies. The chapter concludes by advising a cautious approach to including AI in law.