Your Socratic Sidekick

 Using generative artificial intelligence (GAI) models to detect logical (and illogical) patterns in text is one of its quiet superpowers. In this September Illinois Bar Journal article, “Your Socratic Sidekick,” Patrick T. Barone shows how GAI tools, guided with carefully crafted prompts, enables lawyers to simulate the probing questions of a seasoned professor. By leveraging GAI in this manner, lawyers can utilize the technology to refine their analytical skills by engaging in virtual dialogues that challenge their understanding and application of legal concepts and allow them to think more deeply and reason more effectively. Using GAI this way also avoids well-known flaws in AI models, such their propensity to hallucinate.

 Read the September Illinois Bar Journal’s article, "Your Socratic Sidekick."