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A judge ordered Mike Lindell's lawyers to pay $3000 each in fines for using AI to create court documents. The documents contained mistakes, including errors when quoting cases and citations to non-existent cases.

Judge Nina Y. Wang of the U.S. District Court in Denver found 30 errors in the filings.

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[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 111 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

The penalty for referencing cases that dont exist in a court filing should be disbarment

Thats like your doctor using AI to make up treatments that dont exist

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why yes, I do recommend you smear peanut butter across your scrotum and have your dog lick it off. Patterson et al (2007) found that it can cure cancer.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I probably wouldn't make the cancer worse. We might as well try.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 days ago

Seriously, isn't reading documents/cases a bare minimum for their exorbitant fees?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 0 points 2 days ago

or using it to DIAGNOSE diseases.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A lawyer using AI is like a lawyer submitting documents in poorly-written crayon.

It really speaks to the type of lawyers he's agreed to pay to take this case. Assuming he actually will pay large sums unlike trump, he went with the most idiotic he could find.

[–] Old_Dread_Knight@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Or maybe he's just an underrated genius?

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It’s not like Mike Lindell is capable of discerning falsehoods from reality…

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

...or that any argument based on reality would help him.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

crack addiction helps blend it together.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Billions in infrastructure and energy to come up with a best guess that a three year old could probably outperform. Good job ai bros!

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago

Looking forward to Supreme Court vacating the fines and not explaining.