An AI-assisted track can indeed make arbitration faster and more accessible. Whether it also strengthens legitimacy, however, will depend on its execution. If the rollout keeps faith with the essentials of a legitimate arbitration, it will set a credible example for expansion beyond construction.

The integration of AI and its sub-systems in international arbitration is inevitable, but instead of blind participation in the AI race, the stakeholders must be vigilant and even de-limit such integration in certain sensitive areas, ensuring that technology remains a tool, not a tribunal.