From Deepfakes to Digital Doubt: How AI Is Challenging the Future of Evidence
Discover how generative AI and deepfakes are challenging the authenticity of digital evidence, raising concerns for courts, legal professionals, and cybersecurity experts in the age of "deep doubt.
Technology Competence in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Here is my recent Daily Record column. My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. **** Technology Competence in the Age of Artificial Intelligence With technology evolving so quickly, powered by the rapid development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, keeping pace with change becomes all the more critical. For lawyers, the ethical requirement of maintaining technology competence plays a large part in that endeavor. The duty of technology competence is relatively broad, and the obligations required by this ethical rule can sometimes be unclear, especially when applied to emerging technologies like AI. Rule 1.1 states that a “lawyer...
How to Support Your Employees Through Challenging Times
When you choose to support your employees and team members through challenging times, it is not only a compassionate act, but also a strategic decision.
In a rapidly changing technological landscape, employee learning is fast becoming a top priority employers looking to upskill, re-skill, and retain top talent.
How To Address Mental Health Issues With Your Boss: A Guide For Employees
Talking about mental health in the workplace can be challenging, especially when it involves discussing your own struggles. However, prioritizing your mental
Today artificial intelligence can be harnessed by nearly anyone, using commands in everyday language instead of code. Soon it will transform more than 40% of all work activity, according to the authors’ research. In this new era of collaboration between humans and machines, the ability to leverage AI effectively will be critical to your professional success. This article describes the three kinds of “fusion skills” you need to get the best results from gen AI. Intelligent interrogation involves instructing large language models to perform in ways that generate better outcomes—by, say, breaking processes down into steps or visualizing multiple potential paths to a solution. Judgment integration is about incorporating expert and ethical human discernment to make AI’s output more trustworthy, reliable, and accurate. It entails augmenting a model’s training sources with authoritative knowledge bases when necessary, keeping biases out of prompts, ensuring the privacy of any data used by the models, and scrutinizing suspect output. With reciprocal apprenticing, you tailor gen AI to your company’s specific business context by including rich organizational data and know-how into the commands you give it. As you become better at doing that, you yourself learn how to train the AI to tackle more-sophisticated challenges. The AI revolution is already here. Learning these three skills will prepare you to thrive in it.
Discover how to find a boss who aligns with your values and enhances your career satisfaction. Learn key questions to ask in interviews to gauge management style and avoid repeating past negative experiences. This blog post provides valuable insights for job seekers looking to thrive in their career
How to talk to your manager about your mental health
Opening up about your mental health at work can feel really daunting, especially if sharing your feelings is not something that comes naturally to you. Remember that your manager is there to support you, and workplace accommodations for mental health are both necessary and beneficial for everyone involved.
Depending on the situation and what you’re looking for, a move in any direction (be it up, down or sideways) can be a strategic form of advancement that puts you on a path to achieve your long-term career goals. As you consider advancement options in your own career, I encourage you to consider how and when a backward or lateral move might serve you.
Have you ever been guilty of Fauxductivity? This post is for you.
A recent study by Workhuman has revealed that managers are more likely to be guilty of faking productivity—or fauxductivity—in the workplace than their employees. (Cue the disbelief from the cubicl…
Here is my recent Daily Record column. My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. **** Legal Ethics in the AI Era: The NYC Bar Weighs In Since November 2022, when the release of ChatGPT was first announced, many jurisdictions have released AI guidance. In this column, I’ve covered the advice rendered by many state ethics committees, including California, Florida, New Jersey, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, the American Bar Association, and most recently, Virginia. Now, the New York City Bar Association has entered the ring, issuing Formal Ethics Opinion 2024-5 on August 7th. The New York City Bar...
How to Foster a Culture of Wellness in the Workplace
How to Foster a Culture of Wellness in the Workplace Creating a culture of wellness in the workplace is essential for promoting employee health, enhancing productivity, and reducing turnover. A sup…