This kind of meaningless hype is just as damaging as being a legal tech luddite, in my view www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

When was the last time a useful feature was introduced in Word or an actual problem was fixed?

I’m less impressed by Apple Intelligence than I would be a design change that stops fluff getting into the charge port

Too much about gen AI assuming the use case is to create content eg “first draft”. There are so many use cases. It upsets me when eg courts base guidance for use of gen AI on the assumption its only use is to create eg. first drafts of a brief. This is probably not where most of its value will lie

Why is everyone trying to replace our brains? medium.com/@jackwshephe...

Accuracy is important in gen AI for legal, but I don't think it's as important as most people think it is medium.com/p/60c6f3a15947

Should I start posting on here? Tried 2 years ago but nobody else seemed to be on here...

Been grappling with the question of whether having AI write a first draft for you erodes the legwork you do in thinking...and whether the blank page problem even exists for lawyers that much. My thoughts here jackwshepherd.medium.com/lawyers-how-...

“AI is a load of garbage” Is not the same as “What are the key use cases for AI”

Anyone else in legal/legaltech just go to @heyitsalexsu.bsky.social ‘s followers to find folks?

Tracking down my colleagues and friends in the legal and legaltech industry. Please repost this if you're in the space.

The AI wave of 2023 has shown two key differences to innovation: (1) serendipitous (play around and see what works) and (2) directed (understand the tench and what people do, marry them together). Or both. Most are doing just (1)

It’s disappointing to see people claiming to be sick and tired of “LLM doubters” or naysayers. It’s perhaps even more disappointing to feel like some people think you are an LLM doubter when actually you just want to make sure efforts are directed to where they deliver the most value

Here’s a probably too long piece on where AI can apply to contract drafting. Too often I hear oversimplification of use cases and I want to get into the nitty gritty jackwshepherd.medium.com/what-are-the...