Recently, I sat down for an interview with Sharon Nelson and John Simek on their excellent Digital Detectives podcast series to discuss generative AI and ChatGPT!

On the podcast titled Generative AI and ChatGPT: Why the Legal Industry Needs to “Brace for Impact”, Sharon (who also authors the excellent Ride the Lightning blog), John and I discussed various considerations regarding (you guessed it!) generative AI and ChatGPT, including:

• My impressions of ChatGPT so far.
• Why I think that ChatGPT has become so popular so quickly and how that popularity will translate to other generative AI use cases.
• Caveats and issues associated with ChatGPT and other generative AI.
• Recent ABA resolutions related to the use AI and the impact those resolutions has had on the legal community.
• Why I decided to cover the paper The GPTJudge: Justice in a Generative AI World and why legal professionals should read it.
• The impact of deepfakes on authentication of evidence and whether we’ll need new rules of evidence to address issues associated with generative AI.
• Whether every case will now require a GenAI expert.
• Whether juries be able to understand the issues associated with AI-generated evidence, especially when audiovisual evidence – real or fake – can be so compelling.
• Is the “GPTJudge”, where judges use generative AI to help research or draft opinions, on the horizon.
• My advice regarding how to address emerging AI technologies, including generative AI.

As always, I had a great time “talking shop” with Sharon and John and we managed to mix a little humor in with the tech talk!  You can check out our nearly 28-minute interview here!

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So, what do you think? What have your impressions of generative AI and ChatGPT been so far? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

BTW, I’m on my first real vacation in three years (seriously! – this post was pre-scheduled!) so I may be slow to respond to comments here and on social media. 🙂

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