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Unlike medicine, AI isn't regulated, so lawyers won't have anything to go after.




I think the parent post imagines defamation cases will be worthwhile. I'm sure there will be some, but an AI simply lying in a query doesn't = damages worth suing over.

It depends on who is the lie was about and what was said.

Simple example: A prospective employer refuses to hire you because of some blatant falsehood generated by an LLM.




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