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by Aurornis 26 days ago
You would be surprised, then.

If one party is intentionally misleading the other and employing technology to do it, they are the villain.

The law doesn’t “both sides” these issues and cancel bad behavior out because the other side didn’t notice something.

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No, it doesn't "cancel out", but courts (not law) absolutely do "both sides" issues.

Rebukes for "winning" sides of a suit are relatively common.

For example, here's a case in Australia where the defence are criticised for over-reliance on AI, where the defendant was still found innocent by reason of insanity. [0] Most of the ruling is criticisms for the "winning" party.

[0] https://www.9news.com.au/national/judge-sprays-lawyers-for-f...