LLMs struggle with "surgicality": legal redlines leave unnecessary ink on the page

graceisford · x · 2026-11-04

crosbylegal highlights "surgicality" as a core weakness of LLMs in contract editing: even changing "30 days" to "10 days" can leave unnecessary ink on the page. The legal substance can be right while the redline is painful to review — and changing the fewest characters doesn't always make things clearer. graceisford shares it as setting the standard for surgicality in contracting and LLMs.

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