Judge decides case based on AI-hallucinated case law

Umbran said:

Oh, and by the way - DO NOT ask a generative AI for legal advice. Your interactions with the machine ARE NOT privileged, and can be used against you in a court of law...

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Jfdlsjfd said:

While true, my mean and accusation-siding leaning actually welcomes criminals who confess their murders on a website and ask how to cover their tracks. You'd bet they are smart enough to run a model locally for that, but hey... Lawyers don't have a monopoly on stupidity when using AI (though there is nothing there specific to AI).

If they were smart, they'd log in to a RPG board and ask for advice on doing a realistic escape for the criminal mastermind in the next detective adventure they'll be GM'ing.

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It's for a Book - TV Tropes

Some questions raise eyebrows and suspicions when asked. Questions like "What's the best knife for slitting someone's throat?", "What do you need to make a pipebomb?" or "How would you go about hacking into the FBI's database?". Occasionally …

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• One careless murderer left all his murder plans on a floppy disk, which was confiscated by investigators. Given how closely the details he'd written matched the actual murder, the "it's for a book!" defense fell flat.
• The reference desk on The Other Wiki sees "it's for a book"-type questions from time to time. Some are more believable than others.

• A question that comes up frequently in real-life Masters of Library Science exams is the question of whether or not you assist a patron that's looking for information on something questionable (like forensics), or illegal (building bombs).

Murder suspect Brian Walshe wants Google searches on body disposal barred as trial evidence

Lawyers for Brian Walshe, who is accused of killing his wife Ana on New Year's Day 2023, say that detectives gained access to Google searches about body dismemberment on his son's iPad illegally.

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Jfdlsjfd said:

If they were smart, they'd log in to a RPG board and ask for advice on doing a realistic escape for the criminal mastermind in the next detective adventure they'll be GM'ing.

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Dannyalcatraz said:

I realize it’s a joke, but my inner German demands that I explain that this would ALSO be admissible in a court of law.

Spoiler: Language warning: Patton Oswalt on German humor

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Ryujin said:

If this was the case, I'd have a rather large file on me somewhere. (I likely do.)

NOTE - Me doing anything criminal would be supremely stupid, as my fingerprints have been on file with RCMP for decades (government job application and firearms/restricted firearms certs).

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Dannyalcatraz said:

Mine are on file with the Feds at least because of requirements to study law and a security clearance investigation for a job.

…which was actually a bit of a challenge for the authorities. My fingerprints have visible ridges, but they’re apparently much shallower than normal. The first time they tried taking my prints, they got black blobs. Finally got them by using less ink and pressure.

For the security clearance, I had to go to a local FBI field office, where they used OPTICAL scanners. In the first attempt, the images captured were rejected. Ditto a second, at which point the supervisory agent asked if I’d been altering my fingerprints to facilitate criminal activities.

I stammered a denial, and they tried again- using less pressure- getting usable prints.

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