cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/76516412
Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal
Submitted 1 week ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@beehaw.org
https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-fake-witnesses-testimony-stephen-aarons-new-mexico/
tangeli@piefed.social 1 week ago
It wouldn’t be a big problem if the unreliability of LLMs were part of ongoing professional development, use of LLMs without thorough fact checking was clearly barred by professional ethics, and lawyers were immediately disbarred for presenting false evidence if it came from an LLM.
It remains a “big” problem because it isn’t big enough for anyone to do anything about it, beyond criticizing and ridiculing lawyers who do it.