"People become lawyers typically because they're smart and they don't like math. When you get these technical questions that can really matter to the outcome of a case, it helps to really know what's going on under the hood. There was this real gap between a basic competence in what's going on technically and how that should impact the legal issues involved."
"An assistant US attorney recently resigned after a federal judge threatened to sanction him and his office for repeated AI misuse and misquoting holdings. Even judges are getting caught using AI to help write their opinions without knowing to check their work before they submitted everything."
Columbia Law School launched a new course on artificial intelligence law taught by Michel Paradis, a Steptoe partner with a Ph.D. in computational linguistics. The course addresses a significant gap between AI's growing relevance as a legal area and widespread lack of technical understanding among lawyers. Recent incidents demonstrate the stakes: a federal prosecutor faced sanctions for misusing AI and misquoting case holdings, while judges have submitted AI-generated opinions without proper verification. The course covers regulatory responses to AI adoption and intellectual property implications. Paradis emphasizes that lawyers need technical competence to understand how AI systems work and how this knowledge impacts legal issues, particularly when technical questions affect case outcomes.
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