Damien RiehlJun 28, 2023

Increasingly convinced that #LLMs (e.g., #GPT), increase user (e.g., #lawyer) creativity. This upward trend will continue.

Insights from this good WIRED article:

- Much of #law (e.g., briefs, pleadings, motions, memos, contracts, advice, ideation) = boilerplate. Standard Language.

- LLMs = stochastic = boilerplate faster. Throat clearing.

- Good Lawyering = creativity (atop boilerplate)

- LLMs ⬆lawyerly #creativity.

https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-education-originality/

ChatGPT Is Unoriginal—and Exactly What Humans Need

The technology can help cut through buzzwordy “solutions” and serve as a shortcut for jumpstarting creativity.

WIRED
Show threadJohn E. GrantJun 28, 2023
@damienriehl I agree that it is good for idea generation, but I struggle with how deeply I hate GPT’s writing style(s). To the point where I loathe consulting it because it makes me rage-edit, and rage-editing distracts me from more important work.
Show threadDamien RiehlJun 28, 2023

@AgileAttorney , yes, I also hate rage-editing. But perhaps that could be remedied by incorporating "personal house style" prompting?

Like outlined in this article?
https://ai.plainenglish.io/3-simple-tricks-will-make-chatgpt-write-in-your-style-every-time-d761e53cbfa4?gi=1ad90cd8b190

Show threadDamien RiehlJun 28, 2023
@AgileAttorney And rage editing might be made easier through prompts like this?
https://preview.redd.it/l0uvp2rng61b1.png?width=1015&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=b9a4f424b4164cba162512ba012daaef903bb525
https://preview.redd.it/l0uvp2rng61b1.png?width=1015&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=b9a4f424b4164cba162512ba012daaef903bb525

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Show threadJohn E. GrantJun 29, 2023
@damienriehl Thanks for those. Both are interesting, and simultaneously seem like a giant PITA to do and get right (especially while I’m in a busy stretch). I’'ve had creeping doubts lately around whether we are in 2023’s version of NFT hype. I feel like this is different, but I'm not convinced yet. I've been underwhelmed by the results of my attempts to use GPT in my actual workflows (as opposed to playing around with it). I’ll try to find time to train it on my style…
Show threadDamien Riehl

@AgileAttorney On the prompt engineering — to train on a particular style — being a PITA: Agreed. I think that's reflective of our nascent state. An analogy:

1. In 1999, if you wanted a webpage, you had to do a lot of HTML coding. PITA.

2. Then 2003 saw the founding of both Squarespace and WordPress.

Probably the same for "Hey, LLM: Learn my style." Tools will sprout around the use case, making it easier/faster.

Jun 30, 2023 at 12:09pmWeb