As we all know, AI has infiltrated almost every aspect of human life.
From writing breakup texts to creating weird photos to doing lazy people’s homework – three examples I asked AI to come up with – its creepy, future-civilization-controlling footprint is everywhere, including the Oklahoma judicial system!
Earlier today, Nolan Clay filed a report with The Oklahoman documenting how Oklahoma Judge Lawrence Wheeler – a guy who looks like he already has an AI girlfriend – admitted to using ChatGPT to research a court order that somehow ended up citing two completely imaginary court cases.
Via The Oklahoman:
A southwestern Oklahoma judge has admitted that he used an artificial intelligence tool to prepare a court order that ended up having citations to two cases that do not exist…
Wheeler made the admission to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Stephens County district attorney disclosed in an Aug. 17 letter to the attorney general.
The judge told the OSBI he only used ChatGPT for research and created the order himself, DA Jason Hicks wrote. The judge, however, also "indicated that at least two of the case citations included in his order and produced by ChatGPT do not exist."
The OSBI investigated the judge at the request of the Oklahoma Council on Judicial Complaints. The judge's attorney, Scott Anderson of Oklahoma City, declined to comment.
Listen. I don’t think we’re too far away from becoming a dystopian civilization where judges are replaced by AI, but until then, can they please stay off ChatGPT, Claude and whatever other tool is out there?