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Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer... by Calavar on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:32PM (#34538358)
> Now the question is this. If an AI is doing something illegal like practicing law, how does one sanction an AI?

As far as I'm aware, no LLM has reached sentience and started taking on projects of its own volition. So it's easy - you sanction whoever ran the software for an illegal purpose or whoever marketed and sold the software for an illegal purpose.

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Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer... by intrasight on Thursday January 26, 2023 @04:12PM (#34538919)
Lots of legal software is marketed and sold.
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Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer... by OkayPhysicist on Thursday January 26, 2023 @04:34PM (#34539161)
And legal software is very, very careful to avoid constituting legal advice, as opposed to merely legal information.
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Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer... by chii on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:02PM (#34541961)
you cannot sanction the seller of a software, any more than you can sanction the seller of the gun for a murderer.
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Re:An AI robot lawyer was set to argue in court. Real lawyer... by Redoubts on Sunday January 29, 2023 @11:26AM (#34569590)
People have been trying exactly this tho?

https://apnews.com/article/sandy-hook-school-shooting-reming...

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/07/12/new-california-law-holds-g...

The second link feeling much closer to direct government action.

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