Guiding Questions:

• How do AI agents differ from traditional AI tools, and what unique risks or benefits might they present in legal practice?
• When we say AI systems can do "jaw-dropping things" but we don't fully understand how, what are the implications for liability and responsibility?
• What distinguishes genuine AI capabilities from "agent washing" or overhyped marketing claims? How can legal professionals assess these distinctions?

Guest

Megan Ma

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• Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI Technologies and Their Commercial Applications, Government Accountability Office (June 20, 2024).
• Jeff Loucks et al., Autonomous generative AI agents: Under development (Nov. 19, 2024).
• Ahish Bhatia, AI Agents: Separating Reality from Ambition, LinkedIn (Oct. 16, 2024.
• Jonathan Zittrain, Lawfare Daily: Jonathan Zittrain on Controlling AI Agents, LAWFARE (Oct. 17, 2024).
• Will Douglas Heaven, Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why, MIT Tech. Rev. (Mar. 4, 2024).

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• AI for Legal Professionals: Artificial Intelligence in Law and Legal Practice, BLOOMBERG L. (2024).
• Adam Zewe, Explained: Generative AI, MIT NEWS (Nov. 9, 2023).
• Brian, AI myths busted: What Americans believe vs what's true, Hostinger Blog (Dec. 4, 2024).
• Jake Miller, AI sales agents vs. “agent washing”: What to watch for when buying an AI solution, regie.ai (July 18, 2024).