Contracts, agreements and other legal documents might seem, at a glance, to be pretty complicated and often hard to parse. After all, the language of the law has to be precise and encompass a lot of situations, so in general it’s almost always best to just get a lawyer. But they can be prettyexpensive, so some folks take matters into their own hands.
A tenantsharedhow they used AI to analyze their rental agreement so as to sue their landlord for a fraudulent deposit deduction. They later shared an update about the court’s decision.We reached out to them via private message and will update the article when they get back to us.
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Some landlords do try to fraudulently take people’s money
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But one netizen decided to use AI to help them fight an unlawful deduction
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They gave a few more details
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AI tools do have a number of drawbacks
This netizen has struck upon a very useful part of any large language model (LLM), the ability to look at a large piece of text and parse the useful bits. This applies to both the rental agreement as well as local laws, because tracking down the necessary legal rules can be quite the ordeal if you don’t know what you’re doing.
However, as many commenters note, the AI, ChatGPT in this particular case, doesn’t exactly replace your lawyer, it really does the job of a paralegal, while the tenant still has to double check everything. As they themselves claim, it’s probably a lot safer to just get a lawyer, but paying$20for ChatGPT is definitely cheaper.
Double checking it’s “work” isn’t just recommended, it’s absolutely necessary. Remember, despite being labeled as artificial “intelligence,” these are, at best, very proficient chatbots. They do not know anything and simply summarize the billions of words of text found in whatever their data set is.
This text, in turn, is taken from the internet, which means it will, inevitably, contain falsehoods. After all, humans make mistakes all the time, which doesn’t stop folks from being “confidently incorrect.” Similarly, people can often hold outdated views or misremember things, which, again, does not stop them from confidently writing them down.
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But LLMs can be very useful tools in the right hands
Setting that aside, this post does show just how useful a LLM can be at breaking down tasks that might seem complicated. After all, most places have rigorous protections for tenants, but they tend to be buried in legal codes most folks do not have the time, skill or energy to dig through.
Double and triple checking the information is still very important. Some companies have already put AI “agents” in place, much to the chagrin of folks who need to speak to a customer support representative. In extreme cases, they even cause very serious issues, for example, an AI-powered recipe bot for a New Zealandgrocery storesuggested ingredients for an “aromatic water mix,” which mixed bleach and ammonia. The actual fumes from this mix cankill you.
Bored Pandahas even covered similar stories, of amushroom identificationbook that was actually AI written, which led a family to be hospitalized after eating supposedly “safe” mushrooms. So if you have an annoying landlord, it can be useful to perhaps do your research, but always, always, always verify.
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The tenant also chatted with some commenters
Later, they shared how they did in court
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People applauded their plan
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