AI could help streamline the justice system but it won't replace the need for common humanity, a top judge says.

As artificial intelligence chatbots begin creeping into daily use at Australia's law firms, questions have been raised over whether it could also help judge cases.

AI can be used to digest and summarise large amounts of information, and is perceived as a machine driven by logic and unaffected by emotions or biases.

But NSW District Court Judge Ellen Skinner, who also heads the state's children's court, said those biases are often what Australians hope for.

"They're looking for me to identify with them, having had similar experiences and to give them a break," Judge Skinner told an AI panel at South By Southwest Sydney on Monday.

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