the lawyer in question “asserted that he had not been aware that generative AI frequently fabricates or hallucinates legal sources"
I’m no lawyer, but wouldn’t the responsibility of due diligence rest… on the lawyer? “I didn’t know” is usually never a legal defence, for pretty much anything.
And these guys charge hundreds of dollars an hour. SMH.
I think that response is more responsible than most of the lawyers in that article. “I didn’t think I needed to check the LLM’s work, I fucked up, my bad” is a lot more honest and forthright than “it’s my paralegal’s fault” or “somebody in my office did it” or “my deadlines were too tight to do my job right” or “I was out sick at the time” or whatever.
Fucking lawyers. They’re the worst possible way to defend people’s rights except for all the others.
I’m no lawyer, but wouldn’t the responsibility of due diligence rest… on the lawyer? “I didn’t know” is usually never a legal defence, for pretty much anything.
And these guys charge hundreds of dollars an hour. SMH.
I think that response is more responsible than most of the lawyers in that article. “I didn’t think I needed to check the LLM’s work, I fucked up, my bad” is a lot more honest and forthright than “it’s my paralegal’s fault” or “somebody in my office did it” or “my deadlines were too tight to do my job right” or “I was out sick at the time” or whatever.
Fucking lawyers. They’re the worst possible way to defend people’s rights except for all the others.