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Meet Toby: Teaching and Learning with AI in Centaur Mode

My colleague, Renee Henson, wrote an important new article, My Negotiation Chatbot Toby and Pedagogical Governance, about a chatbot that she developed for her first-year Lawyering: Problem-Solving and Dispute Resolution course at the University of Missouri Law School. Her article provides a thoughtful analysis of how faculty can use AI to improve legal education.  It … Continue reading Meet Toby: Teaching and Learning with AI in Centaur Mode →

Does Your Law School Have an AI Strategy?

This weekend, I returned home from the fabulous AALS ADR Section Works in Progress conference at the University of Missouri.  (Not a long trip for me.) As always, I really enjoyed the presentations and conversations with friends and colleagues.  By all accounts, Carli Conklin and Rachel Wechsler did an outstanding job planning and hosting the … Continue reading Does Your Law School Have an AI Strategy? →

Beyond AI Slop: Preparing Law Students for Responsible Practice in the AI Era

AI slop is coming to a legal system near you.  Actually, it probably already has. Lawyers increasingly encounter AI-generated material from clients, counterpart attorneys, self-represented parties, experts, and others. Some of it is excellent. Some is slop.  Here’s a technical illustration. Like it or not, your graduates are likely to deal with AI – including … Continue reading Beyond AI Slop: Preparing Law Students for Responsible Practice in the AI Era →

What Are We Going to Do About AI Slop?

Remember when parties developed unrealistic expectations all by themselves?  Now they have AI to help. These days, mediators may have to work through expectations that have hardened around an AI-generated assessment.  Lawyers may have to explain why the AI analysis is wrong, incomplete, or wildly overconfident.  And imagine the client’s surprise when the other side … Continue reading What Are We Going to Do About AI Slop? →

Don’t Be a Zombie:  Develop Your Own AI Centaur System

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a regular part of professional practice.  Practitioners can use AI to prepare, organize information, brainstorm questions, draft communications, and think through difficult situations. The value of AI depends substantially on how people use it.  Consider the difference between using AI in centaur mode and zombie mode. An AI centaur system … Continue reading Don’t Be a Zombie:  Develop Your Own AI Centaur System →

Are You Afraid of Becoming a Zombie If You Use AI?

Many people fear that artificial intelligence (AI) will undermine human skills, making them less capable of exercising independent judgment.  They worry that machines take control and humans lose control. Sometimes that’s exactly what happens. This problem, in my view, is not primarily that AI is too powerful. The problem is that some people don’t recognize … Continue reading Are You Afraid of Becoming a Zombie If You Use AI? →

Could AI Hallucinations Improve Professional Thinking?

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You’re hallucinating if you think AI won’t hallucinate. Reports of fake citations, fabricated quotations, manipulated images, and AI-generated misinformation now appear regularly.  Lawyers using generative AI have submitted fictitious cases in court filings and have been sanctioned. These developments understandably alarm legal and dispute resolution professionals.  They should. My article, The Surprising Value of AI … Continue reading Could AI Hallucinations Improve Professional Thinking? →

I Knew Colin Rule Was Impressive.  But I Didn’t Know the Half of It.

I have known Colin Rule for more than twenty years.  During that time, I knew that he had done a lot of impressive things in ODR and that he’s a real mensch. What I didn’t appreciate until recently was the extraordinary breadth of his work, the depth of his thinking, and how much he has … Continue reading I Knew Colin Rule Was Impressive.  But I Didn’t Know the Half of It. →

Will AI Destroy Institutions?

Here’s a debate about whether generative AI threatens the survival of key civic institutions – followed by a conversation with RPS Coach about these issues that may surprise you. Woodrow Hartzog and Jessica M. Silbey wrote How AI Destroys Institutions.  Here’s the abstract. Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone … Continue reading Will AI Destroy Institutions? →