AI is resulting in us doing *more* work, not less

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still can’t figure out how AI is supposed to make me, a lawyer, more efficient. I’m still going to read all the cases myself. I’m still going to review everything it summarizes for me. I can see it being helpful for doing things like formatting and editing but those were not my key tasks anyway. I feel like this is more like the advent of Westlaw and Nexus - which just make legal research more complex (because there are now more available sources) not less complex.

You need to learn how to write better AI prompts.

[Anonymous]

When CAD systems first came into use, the draftspersons and designers did more interactions and produced more manufacturable designs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ai is like text/slack/teams coming online and everyone said we would have fewer emails 🙄

Totally - just another terrible channel to manage.

As a expert / professional (not OP) I spend SO MUCH time rebutting AI garbage and truly feel people trust AI more than me

Mmg I feel this. I wrote something for a client but then she used AI to rewrite it and she sent it out. AI took away half the things that had to be in there. It turned it into garbage. Why did she hire me if she trusted AI more?

One of the things I am finding interesting about AI is learning more about what I consider to be quality work and what other people consider quality work.

It's like taking a seminar on the 80/20 rule.

It really makes it evident how much of "quality" is really just people's opinions based on what they know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still can’t figure out how AI is supposed to make me, a lawyer, more efficient. I’m still going to read all the cases myself. I’m still going to review everything it summarizes for me. I can see it being helpful for doing things like formatting and editing but those were not my key tasks anyway. I feel like this is more like the advent of Westlaw and Nexus - which just make legal research more complex (because there are now more available sources) not less complex.

You need to learn how to write better AI prompts.

More work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still can’t figure out how AI is supposed to make me, a lawyer, more efficient. I’m still going to read all the cases myself. I’m still going to review everything it summarizes for me. I can see it being helpful for doing things like formatting and editing but those were not my key tasks anyway. I feel like this is more like the advent of Westlaw and Nexus - which just make legal research more complex (because there are now more available sources) not less complex.

I have found using cocounsel to be a lot more enjoyable (if that’s the word) than regular westlaw search or key cites.

interesting, what can it do? i don't actually use westlaw all that much as i use a database specific to my practice area (a niche one) more. but i'm intrigued.

Let say, for example, I need to look up a particular law in 5 states. Now you don’t need to do five separate searches, you can just ask for all five states. I really like that.

It can also do basic research questions which helps if you need something outside of your speciality or can then expand or piggy back off of that to get into more complex issues.

Basically it’s saved me some time and made some tasks less tedious. There’s no reason to hate that as much as people seem to but I also don’t think it’s going to change life very much.

[Anonymous]

Lawyer. Just makes more work for me.

[Anonymous]

Most people dont have jobs that require 40 hours of work. We have jobs that require completion of certain tasks. If AI helps you complete those tasks sooner, youre doing less work. If youre paid by the hour, what does it matter if youre using AI for those hours or not? Do you mean the work is harder in the same amount of time? I haven't experienced that.

[Anonymous]

Can’t lawyers just upload their briefs and haVE AI write a response? Then you read it and make sure it’s accurate/check the cases, etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can’t lawyers just upload their briefs and haVE AI write a response? Then you read it and make sure it’s accurate/check the cases, etc?

You sound like the finance team at my company, who thinks AI can do everything — except, of course, the highly paid, consultant-aided jobs they happen to have.

[Anonymous]

I find it to be helpful but not always. It can produce generic junk that sounds good to a layman but isn’t applicable. But if you prompt it throughout and give it good info, it will get you 75% there. Definitely proofread because it can have the wrong conclusion. The hallucinations can be nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most people dont have jobs that require 40 hours of work. We have jobs that require completion of certain tasks. If AI helps you complete those tasks sooner, youre doing less work. If youre paid by the hour, what does it matter if youre using AI for those hours or not? Do you mean the work is harder in the same amount of time? I haven't experienced that.

The first post is about this exact issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it to be helpful but not always. It can produce generic junk that sounds good to a layman but isn’t applicable. But if you prompt it throughout and give it good info, it will get you 75% there. Definitely proofread because it can have the wrong conclusion. The hallucinations can be nuts.

Interesting. What do you mean by “prompt it throughout “?