Webinar: A Tech Lawyer and Information Scientist Walk Into a Bar; they Discuss ChatGPT, its Promise, Ethical Considerations and Latest Developments.

Date: Tuesday. June 06, 2023

Time: 12:00pm CT

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Summary

A Tech Lawyer and Information Scientist Walk Into a Bar; they Discuss ChatGPT, its Promise, Ethical Considerations and Latest Developments.

1. SUMMARY OF INSIGHTS SO FAR. A scientist and tech lawyer impressions of ChatGPT, with emphasis on how it may impact the law going forward.

a. RL – “These are ALMOST the Droids we’ve been looking for!”

(i) Impressed by what appears to me to be a major advance in AI and usefulness to mankind. Encourage everyone to try it out. Experiment.

(ii) BUT – Some big limitations for legal applications  already noted – PROMPT INPUT LIMIT AND AMNESIA (just 12 pages).

(iii) I’m doing qualitative experiments just to learn what it can and cannot do, not quantitative experiments.

b. DL – b. DL – Generative AI technology is impressive, but

1. Chatbots are a zero day exploit in human intuition.  Fluent language without intelligence.  Chill out: it’s just tech, not the robot revolution.
2. Like any technology, generative AI will have a long adoption curve.
   1. It will take boring engineering and workflow design to get real value from.
   2. Exception: production of low quality content where truth is not an issue has gotten.  But cost of producing that was already rapidly declining.
3. There’s lots of vendors out to make a quick buck exploiting the gee whiz factor.
   1. Do rigorous quantitative evaluation of the tech on your​ real-world task.
4. IG and eDiscovery issues around employee use of generative AI are intriguing (e.g. copyright, who wrote something, etc.)

2. Three Quick Mentions of ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS.

A. Lawyer’s Duty of confidentiality. Dave to explain technical change in OpenAI disclosure. Just 30 days exposure. Ralph to opine it should be compliant to use, except in certain circumstances. Still, disclose to client

B. Lawyer’s Duty of Competence. Dave discuss comparisons with Predictive Coding change. Now available to all to try out. Ralph, encourage self Experimentation, see what helps and verify vendor claims, Dont fall behind.

C. Lawyers Duty of Fairness to Court Counsel and Fiduciary Duties to Client. Ralph discuss disclosure to client of tools used to save time, plus small confidentiality risk. Advise counsel and court of use of LLMs to find and preserve evidence? Dave – Time to test reliability; cautions.

3. LATEST CHANGES TO GPT TECHNOLOGY. What’s new from both Dave and Ralph’s perspective.

Speakers

Ralph Losey

Partner

Losey PLLC

Ralph has over forty years of experience representing companies and individuals in information technology issues, including contracts and business advice. Ralph also has substantial experience in civil litigation, including commercial, intellectual property, employment and insurance. His litigation sub-specialty in these areas is fraud, primarily defense oriented, but he also initiated for the plaintiff, on behalf of the United States, several government fraud Qui Tam cases. One resulted in the largest False Claims Act settlement in history. For the past ten years Ralph has focused on a new area of the law that he has become passionate about, artificial intelligence, especially its use to find evidence and its ethical implications.

 

Dave Lewis

CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER

Redgrave Data

Dave Lewis is an industry pioneer in the application of technology and data analytics to the law, with over three decades of experience in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and statistics. As Chief Scientific Officer at Redgrave Strategic Data Solutions LLC (“Redgrave Data”), Dave utilizes his deep knowledge of text analytics and statistics to support clients in implementing and defending processes that address complex information management issues in litigation, corporate investigations, and regulatory oversight. He also leads the development of analytic approaches that allow Redgrave Data clients to reduce costs and manage risks in applying AI.

Hosted by EDRM  |  06 June 2023 @ 12:00pm CT

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