What happens when you don’t have the resources to fight for your rights? Whether it’s a major medical bill or a more minor parking ticket… even if you were in the right, is it easier to just… pay?
Well, Joshua Browder’s answer is Do Not Pay!
He’s built a thriving company of the same name, that helps consumers “fight corporations, beat bureaucracy, and sue anyone at the press of a button.” Through the power of technology, DoNotPay has resolved over 2m cases successfully and in this interview we get to hear where Browder hopes to take the organization, including his first-hand account of his recent plan to bring the robot lawyer into the physical courtroom.
Topics Covered:
00:00 – Introduction
01:51 – DoNotPay’s origin
03:09 – Surprising laws
05:49 – General counsel for consumers
06:54 – The role of AI and technology
09:26 – Ensuring quality counsel
13:19 – Prioritizing features
14:43 – Corporate pushback
17:11 – Reshaping the legal system
20:28 – Entering the physical courtroom
24:50 – Cross border possibilities
26:14 – Looping humans into modeling
29:01 – Deflationary impacts
30:05 – Recent pushback
33:13 – Is AI already writing law?
35:15 – Why is law so complex?
37:54 – Entering the Supreme Court
38:38 – Lawyer support
39:47 – Looking forward
43:07 – Building horizontal vs vertical
45:28 – Does this law exist?
Resources:
DoNotPay: https://donotpay.com/
Find Josh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jbrowder1
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