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Technology,
Law Practice

Apr. 7, 2025

Beyond Efficiency: When AI algorithms challenge legal wisdom

The collision between the ancient practice of legal reasoning and AI algorithms that can simulate it with uncanny precision - but without understanding what the law fundamentally is - raises profound questions about the future of justice itself.

James Mixon

Managing Attorney
California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District

Beyond Efficiency: When AI algorithms challenge legal wisdom
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"Why not use generative AI to conduct legal analysis? It's quick, and it works."

The question - posed by an attorney at a panel discussion on best practices for using AI

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