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Arguably, I am one of very few people that do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) at least consciously. I make this claim both in relation to my professional and personal life. As I introduce this Special Issue of the IJRJ, I acknowledge my bias and ignorance towards AI. As a legal philosopher, I see current issues of research, policy and practice through reflective lenses of our own existence, and life purpose. As we grow older, we witness more efforts to cut down human effort. We are becoming busier for each other and the currency of human relationships is losing its value. Instead, we spent more time with ourselves and technology and then try to understand why our mental health is deteriorating and our connections broken. Connections between parents and their children, colleagues, the state and its citizens. The Greek poet Antonis Samarakis wrote in “Looking for hope”: «Ποτέ άλλοτε οι στέγες των σπιτιών των ανθρώπων δεν ήταν τόσο κοντά η μία στην άλλη, όσο είναι σήμερα. Και ποτέ άλλοτε οι καρδιές των ανθρώπων δεν ήταν τόσο μακριά η μία από την άλλη, όσο είναι σήμερα.» (AI translation: “Never before have the roofsof people’s homes been so close to one another as they are today. And never before have people’s hearts been so far apart as they are today.”
