I've just published my thoughts on the NSW Supreme Court's new restrictions on AI use in litigation. The court essentially bans the use of GenAI tools without distinguishing them from public chatbots. It's a step backward when we need to be embracing innovation.
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Smart contracts and AI are rewriting the rules for tasks we thought only humans could handle.

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Exciting to see LA Superior Court -- the busiest court in the world, moving forward on using electronic service of documents -- much better than mailing paper around.

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Up to now I have seen roughly 1000000 overconfident predictions of what "China" is going to do about AI and roughly 0 discussions of how AI in China is regulated. Super helpful discussion from Russ Wilcox.

Sounding the #lawlibrarians klaxon. There's so much law librarian scholarship about what neutral citations could enable, but I'm particularly fond (as a citator nerd) of this piece by Andrew Martineau: Garbage in, Garbage out: Improving Citators through Improved Citations (available on Hein)

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Trying to be careful not to jump to conclusions before all the facts are in -- but it looks like an expert testifying about the dangers of misinformation included misinformation in his submitted testimony reason.com/volokh/2024/...

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Me: within 5 years will we see AI reviewing instant replay in NFL and NBA?
My friend the sports fan: No way. Fans are going to reject turning that over to a machine. Also, the leagues LIKE IT when fans spend all week arguing about controversial calls.
Relevance for robojudges in the legal system?

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1) Use of AI in court is disrupting an uneasy balance: In the U.S. courts (as opposed to, e.g. courts in France or Germany) effectively outsource a lot of legal research to attorneys, and the courts rely on opposing counsel to keep each other in check.

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