AI (Artificial Intelligence) is a quickly developing tool, becoming increasingly popular with people in day-to-day life. Created by computer gaming and artificial intelligence pioneer Arthur Samuel, the original purpose of AI was to play checkers.
With AI becoming more powerful, sceptics have looked into just how efficient and accurate AI can be.
Reporter for the New York Times Natasha Singer tested the capabilities of HuggingChat, an AI chat model, by prompting the AI to answer supplemental essays from universities such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Dartmouth.
“HuggingChat churned out text with trite words and phrases…that seemed to me like the kind of stilted formal language a high school student might imagine a college admissions reviewer would want to read,” Singer wrote regarding HuggingChat’s response to Dathmouth’s essay prompt.
In another investigation, Court House News reporter Dave Byrnes tested how well another AI chat model, GPT-4, could score on the U.S. bar exam, the examination students take to practice law.
“GPT-4 passed with flying colors in every field and test segment, even outperforming the average human student,” Byrnes wrote.
With AI being capable of writing effective essays as well as passing the Bar exam, what does this mean for the future?
“AI could extend some basic legal services to those who have historically gone without – immigrants, low-income families and those who file their suits pro se, without the benefit of counsel,” Byrnes wrote regarding the application of AI in law.
Furthermore, companies such as Microsoft and Google are predicted to begin incorporating AI legal services into their systems.
