Also, probably, medicine, especially diagnostic. Large amounts of well-documented cases, a fair amount of repeatability, apparently non-random mechanisms behind, so statistical models should actually detect useful correlations. Can use more formalized tokens from lab tests, etc.
LLMs allow them to take some short cuts here. Even something like perplexity that can help you dig out relevant source material is extremely helpful. You still have to cross check what it digs out.
The mistake people make is confusing knowledge with reasoning when evaluating LLMs. Perplexity is useful because it can use reasoning to screen sources with knowledge; not because it has perfect recollection of what's in those sources. There's a subtle difference. It's much better at summarizing and far less likely to hallucinate than it is when it wouldn't base its answers on the results of a search. Like chat gpt used to do (they've gotten better at this too).
For lawyers and medical professionals this means that they have all the best knowledge easily accessible without having to read and memorize all of it. I know some lawyer types that are really good at scrabble, remembering trivia, etc. That's a side effect of the type of work they do: which is mostly just reading and scanning through massive amounts of text so that they can recall enough information to know where to look. Doctors have to do similar things with medical texts.
He probably meant _brainwashed_ LLMs. They can consistently produce desired results if you wash them the right way. It's more about personal opinion than computation. Actually it would be fun to manipulate verdicts with prompt injections ;)
With the caveat that this applies to sane legal systems, and not the ones where "making examples" etc are part of the system.
hmm.. :) I like this. But the reality is very different and some factors which shouldn't matter can change the outcome dramatically. Like skin colors of defendant and judge. Pointing this out can be punished as well.
It's a blind spot that too many people have because we take those qualities for granted. LLMs unbundle them, so we need to start recognising the inherent value of humans, fast. I wrote a few words about it here: https://dgroshev.com/blog/feel-bad/
Someone has to make a call. The weight of the call rests on the person's life experience, their understanding of the context and the cost to the society, their empathy to both the defendant and the accused, and their conscience. Treating it as a black box exercise misses the point completely.