David A. Simon

Associate Professor of Law, @NUSL | Co-Director, Amy J. Reed Collaborative for Medical Device Safety

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

@Stephenfdiamond @NUSL Ha!

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

Fundamental flaw with the study is they asked law professors what they thought

[Andrew Curran @AndrewCurran_]

In a new Stanford study, law professors by far preferred Gemini 2.5 Pro's responses over those written by their peers when they were unaware of who wrote the answers.

[Orin Kerr @OrinKerr]

@MrDanielBuck Link, for those wondering, although I think it's behind a paywall.
https://t.co/zsI85H2Cgl

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

@ProfRobAnderson @emollick @JulianNyarko we can tell when it's our colleagues and deliberately downvote

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

@tszzl I assume you mean "functionally perform in ways that produce outputs that resemble what humans can produce" since it is not replicating human thought and does not appear to operate in the same way as human thought. nevertheless, this can be unsettling.

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

@MeganTStevenson @profmdwhite I’m not saying it’s always intentional. But when something is poorly understood there is always the temptation to attribute the unknown cause and reaction to unknown psychological factors.

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

@MeganTStevenson @profmdwhite The general problem with poorly understood conditions is that people writing about them tend to cast blame on those affected. It’s remarkable how often this happens.

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

@joshualowenthal No because you are not looking for new theories when drafting contracts.

[Sarah Polcz @SPolcz]

Wow! @sanders.senate.gov sure liked our article on how to tax AI! He took my proposal with Prof @bearerfriend to the max (Bernie being Bernie…) but his boldness meets the moment: the core idea is the biggest AI companies should pay a tax with stock, not just cash. https://t.co/J1a0BDhk2u

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

@alexolegimas @rorytruex Lots of high achieving people assume that everyone learns like them. They also assume everyone is similarly motivated. Wrong

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

@alexolegimas @rorytruex I think this is right but also I don’t think people could get the same education by going to the public library

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

@alexolegimas @computational Exactly

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

Lots of stuff in here. But it will be interesting to see how the publishing industry responds to the recent OMB notice of proposed rule.

https://t.co/dXIk7Al6pJ

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

@ProfRobAnderson newsmaker

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

One way to increase transaction costs. We’ll see what others come up with

[Rob Freund @RobertFreundLaw]

A dad represented himself in a child custody case.

He used AI to help write an appellate brief. That brief cited 1 nonexistent case.

The dad admitted using "these tools to assist in my advocacy," acknowledged his mistake, and apologized to the court.

Court: "We hold that the unverified usage of GenAI to draft an appellate brief containing false information constitutes frivolous conduct warranting the imposition of a sanction, even when the offending party is a pro se litigant."

Father ordered to pay $250 to the court.

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

I spoke with @mariojoze @statnews about the new general wellness guidance from the FDA

https://t.co/DKpjGM1e7G

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

@r_tallarita i like the old yarn about flies and spoiled meat myself

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

@CBHessick @unc_law @AndyHessick congrats to both!

[David A. Simon @david__simon]

@hoofnagle Thanks for sharing.