How is this not effectively a ban on representing yourself in court? The lawyers and judge are going to be using AI. But the layman isn't allowed to use it?

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bawolff 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Its no different then if you ask a friend (who is not your lawyer) for advice. You can ask anything you want, it just only gets the special protection if it is actually your lawyer.

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AnimalMuppet 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think this means that if lawyers use it, they have also lost confidentiality. That could be a significant issue in a big case.

[Edit: Or maybe not, legally. But they have definitely lost confidentiality in the "corporate secrets" sense, and that may still matter.]

	▲	jcranmer 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		If lawyers use it, they may have the ability to claim work product exemption, although this itself is going to be dependent on a lot more factors I can't analyze.
	▲	xbar 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		This is really the question. Conversely, why would an attorney get to have privilege over chatbot interactions in a manner that an individual using a chatbot for self-defense not have such privilege?