The latest bizarre chapter in the awkward arrival of artificial intelligence in the legal world unfolded March 26 under the stained-glass dome of New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division’s First Judicial Department, where a panel of judges was set to hear from Jerome Dewald, a plaintiff in an employment dispute.

On the video screen appeared a smiling, youthful-looking man with a sculpted hairdo, button-down shirt and sweater.

“May it please the court,” the man began. “I come here today a humble pro se before a panel of five distinguished justices.”

“Ok, hold on,” Manzanet-Daniels said. “Is that counsel for the case?”

“I generated that. That’s not a real person,” Dewald answered.

It was, in fact, an avatar generated by artificial intelligence. The judge was not pleased.

  • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Did you even watch the video. The judge specifically calls him out for lying about a speech issue cause he’s had several conversations upto that point without issue, and she’s not mad about using a AI video but mad that he’s trying to promote some scam AI grift business of his by using her courtroom as free publicity

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      18 hours ago

      No, just read the article. I don’t like to watch videos for informative that can be written down.

      Work the extra information, that does make it worse.