Colin Lachance

Long-time legal info/tech/ai agitator. Troy McClure of legal innovation activities. You might remember me from such companies/events/panels/tweets/posts/etc…as

[Colin Lachance @colinlachance]

@NickJRishwain Yes. I did that about 6 months ago. Totally worth it.

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@NickJRishwain Yes. There’s still too few of us here, but i’m seeing a lot more legal tech posts

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@andrewarruda Hutz

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@hthieblot Ceoexpress

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@rohitdotmittal Makes sense. Under what circumstances would tech or unique assets be as attractive as talent and logos to the large acquirer?

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[Matthew Botvinick @mattbotvinick]

Anthropic now has a team dedicated to AI and the rule of law — and we've just opened our first role.

@AnthropicAI has studied what AI means for the economy. This team asks a different question: what will it mean for executive power, for courts and elections — and for the public deliberation that constitutional democracy ultimately rests on?

We're looking for someone with real depth in both AI and the law — a legal scholar, political scientist, or experienced government hand who can reason about frontier systems and the institutions they will affect.

If that's you, or someone you know: https://t.co/668HDz1lhf

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@cyrusjohnson Interesting. Certainly feasible. If at least partly true, might this lead to a “ServiceNow” line of business for Harvey to proactively do similar for other AmLaw50 firms? I can see this being a way for Harvey to double rather than halve the money they get from those firms.

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One of the NYT Connections categories today is 1959 Grammy song of the year finalists. Got me thinking that I definitely would have known 3 of them in high school (1989).

By comparison, would a current high school student know most of these? I think so. 1, 2 and 5 for sure.

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2024 was a good window for experimentation. Presumably they took some good lessons on how not to do it as well as on the spending needed to build on a weak foundation. Probably the right thing to bail and move to Harvey.

Charitably, and based solely on speculation, maybe this is the way:

Step 1 - DIY house of straw
Step 2 - Harvey house of sticks
Step 3 - start building a range of structures (not a single house) with bricks

Maybe that’s what Kirkland is doing as well

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@andrewarruda The 8-track and the ashtray. 🫡

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@gordon_cassie Any answer, human or LLM, that begins with “honestly” should be treated with great suspicion

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@jeremysecker @amanobviously 🎸🎸🎸🎸

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Oh, so your understanding of AI comes from tech vendor-supplied training? Good luck with that.

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@ProfArbel @DanLinna I give it 12 months - tops. Employer backlash alone should do it, but agree also that its untenable from a pedagogical perspective, hamstrings learning and puts an “honor code violation” gloss on what should be seen as an essential literacy.

[Daniel W. Linna Jr. @DanLinna]

Wow. Surprised at the breadth of this AI BAN at @BerkeleyLaw.

Higher education—particularly professional schools—should develop AI tools to accelerate learning. Cognitive offloading is a real problem, but mounting evidence shows that the thoughtful redesign of courses and offering personalized AI tools can level the playing field and accelerate learning.

The Berkeley Law policy BANS AI for EVERYTHING except identifying sources.
Brainstorming with AI - BANNED
AI for exam outlining - BANNED
AI grammar check - BANNED
AI translation - BANNED

Difficult to understand the rationale for banning grammar check and translation, which will disproportionately (and unnecessarily) harm first-generation students and nonnative speakers of English.

Faculty may opt out of the Berkeley Law policy, but faculty must then require that students disclose AI use.

The Berkeley Law policy BANS students from uploading course materials into generative AI systems. Sadly, this BANS some of the most useful ways in which law students are using AI tools, including to generate additional practice problems and exams for courses.

[Colin Lachance @colinlachance]

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