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?
When mediate.com recently created this homepage for RPS Coach, it seemed like a good time to reflect on my amazing journey with this bot – and others’ too. I invited people to submit testimonials describing their experiences using RPS Coach, which are posted on the website. Their responses prompted me to think about the last … Continue reading Turns Out That RPS Coach Really Is Pretty Cool
You may have missed some of our recent posts if you read them only when you get an email announcing our latest pieces. We had a technical problem that prevented the following pieces from being distributed. So if you missed those posts, here’s a chance to catch up. New Resources for Law Students and Disputants … Continue reading Catch Up with Indisputably
The RPS Coach homepage not only describes the AI tool, the values embedded in it, and the topics it covers. It also includes a publications section with practical guides and tools that people may freely use, distribute, and post on their own websites. I recently added several new resources that may be useful in legal … Continue reading New Resources for Law Students and Disputants
Are you putting the finishing touches on your syllabi for the fall? If you’re teaching mediation, interviewing, counseling, and negotiation, an ADR survey course, or a related subject, you might consider including a fun new teaching resource in your course. What Happened? A Mediation Story Featuring RPS Coach is a plausible story that students can … Continue reading Teaching Mediation This Fall? Consider Starting with a Story
I’d love your help. Mediate.com created a terrific new webpage for RPS Coach, with information about its core values, suggestions for getting the best results, descriptions of the topics it covers, and links to the publications incorporated into the tool. Take a look at the homepage. Now I’d like to add a Testimonials page. Many … Continue reading Have You Used RPS Coach? I’d Love Your Testimonials and Feedback – by Friday, June 26
If you want to learn how you can benefit from RPS Coach, check out the new Mediate.com webpage. RPS Coach is a free AI tool offered as a public service. It is designed to help mediators, attorneys, parties, educators, students, trainees, and ADR program administrators prepare for and participate in negotiation and mediation. It reflects … Continue reading Mediate.com Hosts RPS Coach
The AALS and West Academic sponsored a great CLE on AI tools for law faculty on April 15. Here’s the description of the program and a link to the video. How can artificial intelligence streamline course preparation, enrich classroom engagement, and support student learning? This webinar brought together experienced legal educators who shared practical strategies … Continue reading AI Tools for Law Faculty
Tired of reading student papers that sound like they were written by the love child of a robot and a corporate communications consultant? You’re not alone. Many law school faculty are worried that students are using AI tools to cheat – undermining their own learning and violating academic integrity policies. Some students do misuse AI, … Continue reading Worried About Students Cheating with AI? Here Are Some Smart Ways to Respond
You’re probably on a high after having graded uniformly erudite papers in your courses, right? Or is your head still aching from trying to figure out which parallel universes your students come from? I’d guess that you’re more likely to be in the latter group than the former. Now Throw AI into the Mix As … Continue reading What If the Real Problem Isn’t AI – It’s Your Writing Assignment?
