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Re:Lawyers blame ChatGPT for tricking them into citing bogus... by jprete on Friday June 09, 2023 @05:32PM (#36264425)
People are accustomed to ignoring the fine print as legal CYA with no real-world relevance. This is also why the product warnings that "The State of California considers this to cause cancer" are a joke and not a useful message.
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Re:Lawyers blame ChatGPT for tricking them into citing bogus... by Too on Saturday June 10, 2023 @03:34AM (#36268487)
It’s not even fine print, there is a big Limitations section almost at the top of the chatgpt landing page with this as first bullet:

”ChatGPT sometimes writes plausible-sounding but incorrect or nonsensical answers.”

It does admittedly sound innocent, it should be written with a more scary tone on to how big extent it bullshits, not just “sometimes”. Still doesn’t excuse the incompetence of the lawyer in question.

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