The world of fiction has long explored the possibility of creating a robot with a human brain. But while most ideas are kept for the comics, one country is attempting to mix the two and automate one of the most complex human tasks: making a court judgment.

The Ministry of Justice in Estonia has declared a new level of trust in artificial intelligence by prototyping the use of AI for small money claims, and is looking to increase the size of claims it can be used for in the coming years.