THE VICE LIKE GRIP OF AI IN LAW: A PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

 

Inspite of the internet being swamped by the lightening damage being caused by rampant use of AI being used in learning and practice of law ,the law milieu is flooded with its endless fascination for AI.The greatest shortcut to mind blowing research and indescribably erudite drafting.

We are like the deer caught in blinding headlights.The mortality rate of credibility in Courts is as much.

 

But we continue regardless.

 

My two cents from a totally management and psychology perspective.

AI may be great for doing laundry and dishes but not doing poetry and law .

 

All those swearing by AI in the spheres like law and other areas involving critical and creative thinking go on to prove Douglas McGregor"s THEORY X of work motivation and my own theory of Maggi solutions - AI is catching on like wildfire specially among law students and newbies ,not because its an omnipotent and omniscient force providing solid solutions in seconds .

 

It is a bushfire because we would do anything to avoid effort and thought.(a takeoff from THEORY X)Inspite of it being demonstrated so many times in so many courts and other places across the globe we are taking as an unqualified manna from heaven.This is blown out of proportion when the fascinating and crisp presentations create wows from our other modest talents on legalese and superficial awareness of law.The mediocre turns genius with a few clicks.

 

Mind you ,this is not the honest and reliable as well as cross verifiable  net search simpliciter-human content created by humans,for humans.This is GENERATIVE AI.It THINKS ,AND CREATES.That is the real danger.

 

To me the concern is more generic- this abandonment of thought and effort may one day convert into incapability of thought and effort.Deepfakes are the best example of truth being declared a lie and vice versa.

 

I very strongly recommend that all should watch a serial on Deepfakes -THE CAPTURE -available on ott AMAZON PRIME.

There is an old saying.will conclude with that: APNI KHWAHISHON PAR KABOO RAKHNA CHAHIYE.NA JAANE VO KAB SACH HO JAYEN.

[''Beware what you wish for.'']

How can we let something created by human mind enslave the human mind?

Creativity in human endeavour ,be it law or poetry, is the very raison d etre of the beauty of human existence.

I guess ,we need to address natural stupidity first and fast before we address artificial intelligence.