Happy Monday, dear readers!  Your humble blogger has reacted enthusiastically, over the years, to the prospects of automation.  But recently, I came to the realization that it is possible to have too much of a good thing.  We have to draw the line somewhere, and automating attorneys out of their jobs is completely unacceptable.

Fortunately, it may be some time before employers, insurers, and even applicants get to avoid the incomparable pleasure of having to interact with live attorneys. 

CBSNews is reporting that an attorney used ChatGPT to prepare a court filing and ChatGPT just made up cases that don’t exist and cited them for the filing.  The attorney now faces the prospect of sanctions. 

Your humble blogger has dabbled with ChatGPT and found it completely unreliable.  For example, ChatGPT seemed completely unable to explain how Labor Code 132a works.   Julius Young, Esq. of WorkCompZone also had some fun reactions from ChatGPT.

Likewise, ChatGPT is not going to replace adjusters.  While perhaps it can render some basic assistance to a human such as acting as a more versatile search engine, the technology is simply not there yet.

So, we can rest easy, dear readers – our jobs will remain secure for now.

As for those of us to who are interested in leaning on ChatGPT, please be thorough in verifying everything you get from it.  Pretend that you have a new employee, just out of school, that brough a five-year-old to work who is named “ChatGPT.”  While it might be pretty cool to get such crafty ideas so quickly from ChatGPT, trust but verify.

In the meantime, your humble blogger remains the old-fashioned flesh-and-blood-but-lacking-a-heart defense attorney he has always been.