British employment law contains a provision(条款，规定) called “interim relief(临时救济，临时禁令)”, an emergency measure under which a judge can order a firm to reinstate(恢复原职) a fired employee, or at least pay their wages. The subject may be a whistleblower(吹哨人，举报人) who has complained of safety breaches, or a troublesome trade-union official. Little known outside legal circles(法律界之外鲜为人知), this provision has been sought infrequently—across Britain tribunals used to get about 20 applications a year—and rarely granted.
英国劳动法包含一项名为“临时救济”的条款，这是一种紧急措施，法官可据此命令公司恢复被解雇员工的职位，或至少支付其工资。该条款的适用对象可能是举报安全违规的吹哨人，或是麻烦的工会官员。这一条款在法律界之外鲜为人知，过去很少被援引——全英法庭每年大约收到20份申请——而且很少获批。
Until recently. Data are patchy(不完整的，零散的), but the surge(激增，飙升) is unmistakable. Now, around 20 applications are lodge(提交，提出)d each month in each of the 12 regional offices of Britain’s employment-tribunal system—a more than 100-fold increase—according to a memo on June 22nd by Barry Clarke and Susan Walker, the two presidents of the system. Most of these efforts will eventually fail, but all properly filed ones are entitled to an emergency hearing and their day in court, causing delays to other cases.(这些申请大多最终会失败，但所有正式提交的都有权获得紧急听证和出庭，从而拖延其他案件。) Judges are cautious folk but they have a prime suspect(首要嫌疑对象): artificial intelligence.
直到最近。数据虽不完整，但激增之势不容置疑。如今，英国就业法庭系统12个地区办事处每月各收到约20份申请——增加了100多倍——这是该系统两位主席巴里·克拉克和苏珊·沃克在6月22日的一份备忘录中透露的。这些申请大多最终会失败，但所有正式提交的申请都有权获得紧急听证和出庭机会，从而拖延其他案件。法官们行事谨慎，但他们有一个首要怀疑对象：人工智能。
Interim relief is a case study of how AI, like a heat-seeking missile, can lock on to the most obscure provisions of the law—and create carnage.(临时救济是AI如何像热寻的导弹一样锁定法律中最冷僻条款并造成破坏的案例研究。) The impact on Britain’s employment tribunals (courts that resolve disputes between employers and workers) illustrates a phenomenon emerging everywhere. AI-induced(AI引发的) demand is overwhelming(压倒性的，使不堪重负) bureaucracies(官僚机构) built for the analogue age(模拟时代)—from Dutch municipal-tax appeals to the Canadian privacy regulator to parking-ticket tribunals in every major city. In Britain workers now ask large language models, rather than human lawyers, to help them sue their bosses quickly and cheaply. Claims have surged and backlogs(积压的工作) grown. A case filed today may not be heard until 2030.
临时救济是AI如何像热寻的导弹一样锁定法律中最冷僻条款并造成破坏的案例研究。AI对英国就业法庭（解决雇主与工人纠纷的法院）的影响，说明了各地都在出现的现象。AI引发的需求正在压垮为模拟时代而建的官僚机构——从荷兰市政税上诉到加拿大隐私监管机构，再到各大城市的停车罚单法庭。在英国，工人现在求助于大型语言模型而非人类律师，以快速、廉价地起诉老板。索赔激增，积压增加。今天提交的案件可能要到2030年才能审理。
Let me be brief
让我简短说
Judge dread
法官恐惧