Query your average litigation attorney about the difference between predictive coding technology and other more traditional litigation tools and you are likely to receive a wide range of responses. The fact that “predictive coding” goes by many names, including “computer-assisted review” (CAR) and “technology-assisted review” (TAR) illustrates a fundamental problem: what is predictive coding and how is it different from other tools in the litigator’s technology toolbelt™?
Predictive coding is a type of machine-learning technology that enables a computer to “predict” how documents should be classified by relying on input (or “training”) from human reviewers. The technology is exciting for organizations attempting to manage skyrocketing eDiscovery costs because the ability to expedite the document review process and find key documents faster has the potential to save organizations thousands of hours of time. In a profession where the cost of reviewing a single gigabyte of data has been estimated to be around $18,000, narrowing days, weeks, or even months of tedious document review into more reasonable time frames means massive savings for thousands of organizations struggling to keep litigation expenditures in check.
Unfortunately, widespread adoption of predictive coding technology has been relatively slow due to confusion about how predictive coding differs from other types of CAR or TAR tools that have been available for years. Predictive coding, unlike other tools that automatically extract patterns and identify relationships between documents with minimal human intervention, requires a deeper level of human interaction. That interaction involves significant reliance on humans to train and fine-tune the system through an iterative, hands-on process. Some common TAR tools used in eDiscovery that do not include this same level of interaction are described below:
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Source: e-discovery 2.0
By: Matthew Nelson
Predictive coding is a type of machine-learning technology that enables a computer to “predict” how documents should be classified by relying on input (or “training”) from human reviewers. The technology is exciting for organizations attempting to manage skyrocketing eDiscovery costs because the ability to expedite the document review process and find key documents faster has the potential to save organizations thousands of hours of time. In a profession where the cost of reviewing a single gigabyte of data has been estimated to be around $18,000, narrowing days, weeks, or even months of tedious document review into more reasonable time frames means massive savings for thousands of organizations struggling to keep litigation expenditures in check.
Unfortunately, widespread adoption of predictive coding technology has been relatively slow due to confusion about how predictive coding differs from other types of CAR or TAR tools that have been available for years. Predictive coding, unlike other tools that automatically extract patterns and identify relationships between documents with minimal human intervention, requires a deeper level of human interaction. That interaction involves significant reliance on humans to train and fine-tune the system through an iterative, hands-on process. Some common TAR tools used in eDiscovery that do not include this same level of interaction are described below:
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Source: e-discovery 2.0
By: Matthew Nelson
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