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Dec 7, 2022·edited Dec 7, 2022Author

When I play the role of a law professor or lawyer, it gives very neat and systematic answers to legal problems. When I input answers as a client would ("some racist cop pulled me over, can I fight the case") it, for obvious reasons, can't spot the most important issues most of the time.

Sam's house exists in a totally different part of St. Paul than yours, I'm sure. I leave it as an exercise for the reader whether the details I mentioned, or some detail I left out, is vitally important to Bob's case

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I think I've read (probably your writings on ACXD lol) something about a law where the pertinent clause hinges on [rot13] jurgure "nqzvavfgrerq jvgubhg gurve pbafrag" nccyvrf fbyryl gb gur ynfg vgrz va n yvfg be gb nyy vgrzf va n yvfg. I forget which way the court ruled though.

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I'm impressed by the performance of OpenAI on the less tangled legal questions too. I know little about the law but a bit about AI having done some work in the area as a software engineer. I can see a day when an attorney may use AI as an assistant but am skeptical about it performing at a the level of a competent person any time soon. The wisdom, if I can use such a vague word, that comes with awareness of awareness seems unachievable with present approaches. OpenAI has done another impressive trick but it is still only a trick.

The last case you mentioned jarred me in a peculiar way because I happen to own a two story house in the Tudor style in Saint Paul, and since the place was built in 1917 perhaps the electrical system is not entirely first rate. No wild parties of the type described though. One of those weird coincidences that make me shrug and shake my head.

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