Monday, June 05, 2023

Do you suppose the peer response was derision and scorn? Or a, "Glad it wasn't me. It might have been."

 Ars Technica:

Lawyer cited 6 fake cases made up by ChatGPT; judge calls it “unprecedented”

Judge weighs punishment for lawyer who didn't bother to verify ChatGPT output.

- May 30, 2023

 An "Oh shit!" moment. Standing in front of the bench, your peers on the motions calendar behind you, your back to them, while the judge speaks and you and they hear every vindictive word from the bench. And - if a law clerk wrote it for you and then you simply bundled the papers in your file and had the clerk set out copies to be served, you then moving to another billable matter. 

Biting your lip in court. Thinking, "I knew better. I was in a hurry. This is not going well . . .".