Please stop asking AI for legal advice.

[theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social]

Please stop asking AI for legal advice. I got yelled at today by a person who was convinced their GenAI was right and I was wrong on a legal issue bc "computers can't make mistakes."

Worse, the GenAI assured the person (wrongly) it is covered by the same attorney client privilege that lawyers are.

[purplelotus13@mastodon.social]

@theleftistlawyer jfc. My spouse is a paralegal and I have heard some wild shit. But for real. Really?! I... Can't.... Even....

[jmccyoung@mstdn.social]

@theleftistlawyer The response to "computers can't make mistakes" which comes to my mind is, "Have you ever used autocorrect?"

[leslieburns@esq.social]

@theleftistlawyer OMFG.

I have definitely been encountering opp parties (and counsel) using it but no one has leaned in *that* hard.

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

@jmccyoung @theleftistlawyer "Computers can't make mistakes" is a line that will get a hearty laugh out of anyone who works with computers for a living

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@jmccyoung @theleftistlawyer And the Khardasian chick used it as an excuse for failing the bar. I do not want a lawyer who doesn’t understand law.

[elizafox@social.treehouse.systems]

@theleftistlawyer do they not know most judges will sanction you now for giving any kind of answer or petition made with AI?

[5klp471@4bear.com]

@theleftistlawyer
So, people are going to use AI and find the answer they want....

[fsinn@mas.to]

@theleftistlawyer This! If I hear “ChatGPT says… “ one more time…. Ugh.

“The internet”. Just say “the internet says” and it should become obvious how un-serious that is. People generally do not understand that that tool weighted reddit posts from anyone the same as content from law firm blog posts. Of course the output it generates is wrong.

[tantramar@zeroes.ca]

@fsinn @theleftistlawyer I’m really just going to lean in on calling these willfully stupid people “chum” — in the shark-baiting sense, not the “buddy” sense.

[fsinn@mas.to]

@tantramar @theleftistlawyer Some otherwise very smart people are unbelievably blind about this.

[alisonw@fedimon.uk]

@theleftistlawyer
"Computers can't make mistakes"? Seriously? Whoa.

[tantramar@zeroes.ca]

@fsinn @theleftistlawyer I know many smart people whose brains turn to mush the moment there are computers involved.

[tantramar@zeroes.ca]

@fsinn @theleftistlawyer Also? Smart chum and not-so-smart chum taste the same to sharks.

[andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it]

@jmccyoung @theleftistlawyer Have you ever used _ducking_ autocorrect?

[cholling@bytes.programming.dev]

@theleftistlawyer I wrote a blog post about this very fallacy some years ago: cholling.com/posts/self_driving_fallacy/

[thriftwicker@mastodon.social]

@tantramar @fsinn @theleftistlawyer

That is a lot nicer than cannon fodder, I suppose.

[whitecattamer@mastodon.online]

@theleftistlawyer I genuinely cannot fathom how these companies aren’t getting inundated with lawsuits. Just constantly getting served. Buried under mountains of papers, and that’s just the list of plaintiffs.

[tantramar@zeroes.ca]

@thriftwicker @fsinn @theleftistlawyer

[nicelymanifest@mastodon.social]

@theleftistlawyer What will exacerbate this problem is the chronic loss of critical thinking across the land.

Too many allow themselves to be driven by the herd - they see justification because 'most people do that'.

Including wearing headphones when crossing the road and not looking as your eyes are still on your phone.

Hear no car.
See no car.
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