Two US lawyers fined for submitting fake court citations from ChatGPT

Post by sarchertech » Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 5:25 PM UTC

hospitalJail wrote: post #66

sarchertech wrote: post #34

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You’re very wrong about the perception of doctors. According to polls, doctors are the 2nd most trusted profession. https://news.gallup.com/poll/388649/military-brass-judges-am... My wife runs the resident eduction for her division and they are very aware of the dangers of sending an incompetent doctor out into the world to practice. They’ll force them through extra training and make them repeat residency if they hav…

>You’re very wrong about the perception of doctors. According to polls, doctors are the 2nd most trusted profession. https://news.gallup.com/poll/388649/military-brass-judges-am ... https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-spenders?cy... They are the 4th largest briber in the US.

Post by mynameisash » Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 5:28 PM UTC

hospitalJail wrote: post #66

sarchertech wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You’re very wrong about the perception of doctors. According to polls, doctors are the 2nd most trusted profession. https://news.gallup.com/poll/388649/military-brass-judges-am... My wife runs the resident eduction for her division and they are very aware of the dangers of sending an incompetent doctor out into the world to practice. They’ll force them through extra training and make them repeat residency if they hav…

>You’re very wrong about the perception of doctors. According to polls, doctors are the 2nd most trusted profession. https://news.gallup.com/poll/388649/military-brass-judges-am ... https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-spenders?cy... They are the 4th largest briber in the US.

Post by sarchertech » Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 5:31 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #47

appletrotter wrote: post #45

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I don’t really know, but it might be okay for them to not focus on that knowledge.

Seems like we could train a lot of people for a lot cheaper if that was the case, though.

Post by droopyEyelids » Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 5:48 PM UTC

notavalleyman wrote: post #35

> Levidow, Levidow & Oberman said in a statement on Thursday that its lawyers “respectfully” disagreed with the court that they had acted in bad faith. “We made a good-faith mistake in failing to believe that a piece of technology could be making up cases out of whole cloth,” it said. Seems like they still don't get it. It's not good faith representation of your client, it's not good lawyering to interrogate a chatbo…

Post by hotsauceror » Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 5:52 PM UTC

emilsedgh wrote: post #29

sgbeal wrote: post #4

That should be a career-ending move, not a fine.

Why so eager to end someone's career? He did a lazy/stupid thing. People do far worse things. The client may want to sue them and seek damages or something and that'd be fair but I don't think their career should end. That's harsh.