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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OK so ChatGPT-4 can pass the bar. Does it get a license? And if not, but it is caught, can it be charged for practicing law without a license?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://reason.com/volokh/2023/03/15/in-january-chatgpt-failed-the-bar-in-march-gpt-4-exceeds-the-student-average/?utm_medium=email">https://reason.com/volokh/2023/03/15/in-january-chatgpt-failed-the-bar-in-march-gpt-4-exceeds-the-student-average/?utm_medium=email</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And how would we know if a lawyer is really ChatGPT? Lawyers will take a case on commission if they think it is worth the chance at a payoff. But ChatGPT wouldn’t care whether or not it gets paid, because it doesn’t either way. So a person with ChatGPT could sue anyone for anything and just try the shotgun approach hoping for a payout.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Do we have any actual lawyers among us who might comment?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>