Lawyers control government, at least in the U.S. Expect laws banning or severely restricting the use of AI in the legal field soon. I expect arguments will range from the dangers of ineffective counsel to "but think of the children" - whatever helps them protect their monopoly.
Ah yes, the story of bad people not wanting their livelihoods taken from them by good tech giants. Seriously, is there no room for empathy in all of this ? If you went through law school and likely got yourself in debt in the process then you're not protecting any monopoly but your means to exist. There are people like that out there you know.
There seems to be an assumption baked in here that somehow GPT will be "adequate legal representation" and I'm not sure how to get there. An "adequate" source of revenue for OpenAI, I guess.
I gave a specific example with whom I empathize and no, I'm not joking. You on the other hand point to a different group and say "look, look, there is this group, don't you like them as well ?" which is close to "but what of the children in Africa" argument/deflection.
Good point. I expected arguments would range from the dangers of ineffective counsel to "but think of the children". You are correct that I did not anticipate to hear "but think of the poor lawyers".
That's because even lawyers understand that that's an ineffective argument. Lawyers running government have allowed buggy repairmen, secretaries, and telephone operators to be automated out of jobs in the past, and now we're seeing cashiers, call center support staff, and writers have their numbers reduced due to automation.
If lawyers use "but think of the poor lawyers" reasoning to suddenly take a stand and pass laws further guaranteeing their legal monopoly, they would rightfully be called out as selfish hypocrites. I think lawyers know they're better off with the "ineffective counsel", "but think of the children", and similar types of arguments.
