Neil Brown4d ago

"Nearly nine out of 10 legal professionals say they use AI in some capacity ..."

Eh?

"... according to a survey for a legal tech company"

Oh. Right.

If it is important that your lawyer uses "AI", I'm afraid that I am not the lawyer for you.

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ai-is-mainstream-in-law-but-clients-are-not-told/5126414.article

AI is mainstream in law - but clients are not told

Despite the pace of adoption, only 27% of firms have fully embedded the technology, survey shows.

Law Gazette
Show threadNeil Brown4d ago
If your lawyer was using "AI", would you want to be told explicitly?
Yes
30.4%
No
0.9%
At that point I'd try to hire someone else
66.5%
Something else
2.3%
Poll ended at .
Show threadTroed Sångberg4d ago

@neil If the results are good I wouldn't have any opinions on how the work gets done.

I had that same philosophy as a manager. If people wanted to work out of a coffee shop I didn't consider that to be my problem as long as they delivered.

Mandating tools - esp. for people I hire - seems a bit strange.

Show threadNeil Brown4d ago

@troed

So is your answer that you would not want to be told about it (because, to you, "AI" is just a tool)?

Show threadTroed Sångberg4d ago
@neil I did select "something else" because I feel like there's an assumption in the question as posed that the result of the work will be affected.
Show threadNeil Brown4d ago
@troed But, in practice, you wouldn't feel the need to be told?
Show threadTroed Sångberg4d ago

@neil No. And this is not even theoretical - depending on which region you get public healthcare from in Sweden they might already be using LLMs for note taking.

Doctors != Lawyers but I feel that for the discussion it would be similarly viewed.

Show threadNeil Brown

@troed Interesting - thank you!

(FWIW, I would absolutely want to know if a doctor was using AI, or even automatic transcription, as part of treating/assessing me!)

Apr 8 at 4:52pmWeb
Show threadTroed Sångberg4d ago

@neil Sorry for the Swedish but here's a clickable map detailing all the different things in healthcare where AI is used at the moment. I think some of the medical terms might be readily understood in English as well due to latin roots :)

(And yes, there is pushback since the transcription has been dangerously wrong at times)

https://vardkartan.ai.se/

Vårdkartan - Utforska AI-initiativ inom vårdsektorn

Vårdkartan visar AI-initiativ i svensk hälso- och sjukvård. Utforska hur regionerna utvecklar framtidens vård med AI. Skapat av Datastory och AI Sweden.

Vårdkartan
Show threadNeil Brown4d ago
@troed Fascinating - thank you!