California's new AI law: lawyers must personally verify citations — but what if AI does it better?
VraserX · x · 2026-10-04
California's new law bars lawyers from delegating the practice of law to generative AI: they may use it but remain responsible and must personally verify citations in court filings.
The poster pushes back with a pointed question: if AI consistently outperforms the human legally required to supervise it, and human review merely doubles the bill, what's the path to proving that and updating the rules? A take on the growing mismatch between professional regulation and AI capability.
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