Another day in which I am, apparently, at risk of being "late to the party" because I am not rushing to infect my legal work with genAI.
But I am not, in fact, "late to the party".
I do not go to parties.
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@neil do you think its likely at some point laws wikk be written with this spaghetti generators?
Reviewing the shit code these things produce, meses with both my brain and mood.
@neil I do. But I usually leave early.
@neil The AI party has very "late 1960's measles party" vibes to it
@neil the company update this morning breathlessly showcased using genAI to answer queries like "show employees with outlier Bradford Factor attendance records" and "my address has changed, please update it"
we are a SOFTWARE COMPANY. we can just make dashboards and forms for this stuff
@neil I will take every opportunity to share the database of cases where genAI was bad for law.
https://www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinations/
Completely undermines the foundational concept of precedent, I'd say.
"But don't you fear being left behind, Neil?"
No!
Don't *you* fear being stuck being the organ grinder to an expensive subscription service, generating works of pleasing-sounded fiction, setting you up so that you no longer have staff who can think critically about the law and your clients' needs?
"What kind of tech lawyer are you? Surely you should be the first to adopt new technologies!"
My ThinkPad runs the latest version of Debian. What more do you want?!
@neil 'well actually' you tell them there is case law:
CASE: J Cheever Loophole v. Amalgamated Widgets, 42 F.3d 69 (2d Cir. 1929).
HELD: Employee forced to use AI awarded $10 million settlement
...just got that from ChatGPT so there
@neil Debian Stable; the most bleading edge of the bleading edge! 😁
@neil if genAI keeps going like it is at the moment you're more likely to stay ahead than be left behind. And all that without even moving! :D
I have a similar feeling, tbh.
@neil "What kind of [technologist/tech lawyer/etc.] are you if you don't immediately jump on and embrace new technologies?"
One who carefully evaluates technologies to ensure they have proven their benefits and reliability to a sufficient degree as befits the problem.
(Also, on the silliness of "you'll be left behind!" narratives: the Diamond Rio PMP300 came out in 1998. The first iPod came out in 2001, and iPod sales didn't really hit their peak until 2006-08.)
@neil Latest Debian like some kind of madman!
@neil "A wizard is never late. Nor is he early. He arrives exactly when he means to"
