The Abstract Ep 58: How a lawyer built an AI company with Cecilia Ziniti, founder GC AI
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Sep 26, 2024 
Cecilia Ziniti, founder and CEO of GCAI, shares her journey from corporate lawyer to AI entrepreneur, drawing from her experience at tech giants like Amazon and Replit. She discusses how General Counsel can leverage generative AI, emphasizing practical use cases like prompt engineering for efficiency. Cecilia advocates for using emojis in legal communication to enhance recall and shares insights on transitioning from a GC to a founder. With a focus on experimenting with AI and embracing change, she inspires legal professionals to innovate their practices.
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Language Models Fit Legal Work
- Large language models map naturally to legal work because both are fundamentally word-focused professions.
- Cecilia Ziniti argues that lawyers are essentially human LLMs and can massively leverage generative AI for writing and review.
Use Emojis To Improve Legal Messaging
- Use emojis in internal legal communications to improve recall and stakeholder engagement.
- Cecilia says emoji-driven updates make legal messages clearer and measurably more noticed by business teams.
User Feedback That Moved An Engineer
- A product tweak made AI answers feel more personal and a user wrote "this answer made me feel good."
- An engineer reacted emotionally and noted, "lawyers are people too," highlighting human product impact.
