> Why do you think AI cannot be as good as a lawyer for all these things? Take the technology to its logical end and it can be better than a lawyer
Because the "logical end" of an LLM that can match words with other words isn't even close to AGI that actually understands the current version of the relevant law and its specific implications for a specific entity in a specific jurisdiction. But it can spout convincing looking bullshit based on having parsed a load of text with a certain amount of semantic similarity which is completely irrelevant in legal terms.
A random teenager on Reddit who prefaces his posts with "IANAL, but I think..." is closer to the relevant level of understanding of legal documents and jurisdictions than GPT-3, but nobody ever wonders why people don't think teenagers on Reddit are better at offering legal advice than lawyers...
Because the "logical end" of an LLM that can match words with other words isn't even close to AGI that actually understands the current version of the relevant law and its specific implications for a specific entity in a specific jurisdiction. But it can spout convincing looking bullshit based on having parsed a load of text with a certain amount of semantic similarity which is completely irrelevant in legal terms.
A random teenager on Reddit who prefaces his posts with "IANAL, but I think..." is closer to the relevant level of understanding of legal documents and jurisdictions than GPT-3, but nobody ever wonders why people don't think teenagers on Reddit are better at offering legal advice than lawyers...