You Won't Believe the Excuses Lawyers Have After Getting Busted for Using AI
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The story discusses lawyers getting caught using AI for their work and making excuses, with commenters reflecting on the implications and temptations of using AI in professional settings.
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quinndexter
about 2 months ago
Heh. “At this point, to be blunt, any lawyer unaware that using generative AI platforms to do legal research is playing with fire is living in a cloud”
sema4hacker
about 2 months ago
I admit I avoided a lot of reading in high school in the 70's by buying Cliffs Notes instead, because I was young and dumb and lazy. I hope adult professionals can see how much worse it is to use LLMs to try and do their work for them, but I understand the temptation. Imagine how hard it would be to catch their shortcuts if hallucinations didn't happen.
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