Legal AI -- preliminary take
A game-changer no doubt, but....
I haven't seen anything as mind-boggling as AI since my early experiences browsing the web. There's no doubt it changes the world -- for the better. Thus far, I've used it primarily for document review, to unearth latent factual details and identify the documents where they appear. (The platforms I use are confidential and secure; no AI learning or training from the data I provide). It saves time.
That said, the hype is overdone. The tools make mistakes and sometimes won't accept correction, defending their errors in a ludicrous manner. Sometimes, they have offered up "research" that turns out to be sloppy, such as in manufacturing cites for cases that do not exist. It's hard to imagine how anybody could manufacture an algorithm that does that.
Legal AI won't substitute for careful file review and research but will be a boon for a lawyer who knows the case well enough to sense when the AI tool is hallucinating.
