Very pleased to see The Impact Lawyers reprint my review of Renee Knake Jefferson‘s excellent new book Law Democratized: A Blueprint for Solving the Justice Crisis.
Ms. Jefferson believes that artificial intelligence “has the potential to become the single most important tool in solving the legal justice crisis,” so on completing this review
I think the AI Law Librarians blog might grow on me. My favorite current post? Sarah Gotschall‘s article Move Over Law Professors? AI Likes to Write Law Review Articles Too! She gives an AI-generated law review article a passing grade.
Gotschall walks readers through the process of guiding an AI chatbot (“Claude“)
I’m pleased to be working on an interview with Richard Granat, a seminal figure in the drive to improve access to justice in the U.S. Here’s what ChatGPT has to say about Richard:
Me: Tell me about Richard Granat, legal rebel
ChatGPT 4.0: Richard Granat has been a pioneering figure in the legal technology field
“Our law firm has a policy forbidding our lawyers to use generative artificial intelligence to produce legal products such as briefs, motion arguments, and researched opinions.”
— From a partner at Carlton Fields.
Rather than requiring carpenters to use only manual saws, wouldn’t it make more sense to teach them to use power tools
Vanderbilt Law School Professor Cat Moon sees it quite clearly: [T]he very [law] firm structure repels innovation (and modernization).”
Yep. Some people are innovating. Just don’t expect to see much out of large law firms. What does happen won’t happen fast.
The curve will be pretty much what we saw decades ago with the
John Tredennick and Bill Webber would never publish a book entitled “AI For Dummies,” so best to consider their new article “AI For Beginners.” Whatever you call it, GenAI for Smart People: An Introduction to Large Language Models for Smart Legal Professionals is an excellent “entry-level” intoduction to key AI concepts:
The most entertaining parts
My article AI and the Organized Bar: Lessons from the eLawyering Project is now available at LLRX.com.
Thanks to the insightful and indefatigable Carolyn Elefant for publicizing one tip I will include in a followup article:
Don’t allow regulation of AI for the purpose of grinding down people who already have nothing.
Ben Schorr is a treasure for Microsofties. His job is making life easier for those using Microsoft products, and he is very good at his job. His recent LinkedIn post publicized an MS news item, a List of 10 AI Terms Everyone Should Know.
Cocktail party experts are a dime a dozen, but lots
Scientific American has a good summary of what the Biden Executive Order says–and doesn’t say. Their bottom line:
Finally, the executive order on its own is insufficient for tackling all the problems posed by advancing AI. Executive orders are inherently limited in their power and can be easily reversed. Even the order itself calls on
NPR is reporting that the NY Times is considering legal action against Open AI, the maker of ChatGPT:
For weeks, the Times and the maker of ChatGPT have been locked in tense negotiations over reaching a licensing deal in which OpenAI would pay the Times for incorporating its stories in the tech company’s AI