Comment by anamexis
17 hours ago
Consulting a lawyer would most likely be more expensive than whatever small claims compensation one would potentially be entitled to.
17 hours ago
Consulting a lawyer would most likely be more expensive than whatever small claims compensation one would potentially be entitled to.
So you don't get your money back then. Using a hallucinating robot to guide you legally is a great way to be caught with your pants down.
Small claims court is specifically oriented towards self-representation and not requiring hiring an attorney.
Not requiring a lawyer and not doing your due diligence aren't mutually exclusive.
Just because you don't need a lawyer doesn't mean it's not in your best interest to get one.
A lawyer isn't going to hallucinate case law that doesn't exist. And if THEIR AI does? THEY'RE on the hook, not you.
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Yes, but there are free resources available that guide you on how to go through the process without consulting a hallucination machine.
Judges don't like their time being wasted, and they doubly don't like plaintiffs and defendants who don't even go to the effort of trying to follow decorum.
And, I'm just throwing this one out here; contempt of court is one of the vanishingly few civil offenses you can be held in custody for.
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You beat me to it! That is exactly my point: An LLM can guide you to find the forms, fill them, and gather your evidence. Even the cheapest lawyer will far exceed the 500 USD repair fee that is the basis of your small claims lawsuit!
Another thing (this is me guessing here): The standard for evidence and "legal excellence" must be far lower for small claims court, compared to regular district court. The whole point is to provide a very low cost way for average citizens to sue other citizens or companies for recourse. As I understand, most small claims courts don't need or require a lawyer.
Related anecdote: This year, there was a story of a single Japanese mother using an LLM to file a lawsuit against the father to establish paternity[1]. (Note: This was family court, which, again, will have many people attending that cannot afford a lawyer, but the judge will show care that they receive fairness, given their limited knowledge of the law.)
[1] https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260325/p2a/00m/0na/02...
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Can you actually point out one thing he said that's wrong? Seems like your whole post history is just blindly raging against AI. I don't even see how AI psychosis applies to what GP wrote, it's not totally detached from reality as those subjects tend to be.
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Read the court's forms and instructions then. LLMs are notoriously inaccurate regarding the law and conflating every legal system. Going in blind is better than going in misled by an "AI".
The $500 for one person's motherboard would not be the point.