Legal Talk Network - Law News and Legal Topics Leveraging AI Tools with a Human in the Loop – ABA TECHSHOW 2025
Apr 21, 2025
Jim Garrett, Chief Technology Officer at Assembly Software, discusses the balance between AI tools and the necessary human touch in law practice. He emphasizes the importance of experimentation with AI for legal professionals, advocating for cautious, small-scale integration to build confidence. With a humorous twist, he draws parallels between teenagers and AI, underscoring effective communication. Listeners pick up tips on becoming AI-literate, ensuring that while technology evolves, the human element remains paramount.
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Keep Human in AI Loop
- Always include a human reviewer in the AI workflow to catch errors and maintain brand voice.
- AI can speed up drafting but should support human oversight and context adaptation.
Human Oversight Remains Critical
- As AI improves, human oversight may decrease but never disappear entirely.
- Humans will always need to validate outputs, like checking spellcheck, since AI still makes occasional errors.
AI Has High Ceiling, Low Floor
- AI systems can generate highly innovative but also very flawed outputs.
- This variability justifies maintaining human judgment in decision-making loops.