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Law Professors Prefer AI over Peer Answers (stanford.edu)
31 points by davidbarker 61 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


AI seems to have been engineered to have this effect. If the product offers endless affirmation, surely users will prefer it


People outside of the tech industry are totally ignorant of how capable models are becoming.

Lawyers, Finance bros, Accountants, Doctors are all still barely being scratched at compared to the massive investments into AI tools for tech workers. I don't think they have had their "oh shit" moment where you realize you either need to adopt to this new world or be left behind, but it is coming.


Fear the time when lobbyists realise they can use AI to draft new laws...


People in the tech industry are totally ignorant of how capabilities will be within a year.


I thought OpenEvidence was actually getting a large amount of traction with doctors.


Oh the odd irony of a near future where justice is delivered more effectively by brute machines than by frail humans. At least in civil cases rather than criminal.




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