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BIO:
Our speaker this month is Drew Harris. Drew Harris is a civil rights trial lawyer with a passion for technology. While at Stanford Law School in 2002, he assisted the Electronic Frontier Foundation through the law school’s Cyberlaw Clinic. After working at large law firms on IP litigation cases, he switched to public service in 2010, where he litigates employment cases on behalf of the state of Texas. Drew frequently gives presentations to other lawyers on technology, legal ethics, trial presentation, and employment law issues. For example, Drew published an article on “Ethical Issues Raised by Lawyers’ Use of ChatGPT” in the Austin Lawyer magazine. Outside of law, Drew is a musical festival enthusiast, having attended every SXSW and ACL for the past 17 years.

TALK SUMMARY:
Generative AI is raising lots of legal and ethical issues that will eventually have to be resolved by the courts. But it is also raising lots of headaches for lawyers and judges, like fake evidence and legal briefs being written by Chat-GPT. The fact that ChatGPT-4 can score higher on bar exams than most lawyers underscores that they are also not immune from being replaced by AI. This talk will cover various legal issues raised by generative AI, and summarizes how lawyers and courts are so far responding.

HOW TO ATTEND:
Capital Factory is located at 701 Brazos Street, on the 1st floor of the Omni Hotel. We are in the Devvie meeting room. To locate Devvie, locate Capital Factory's main event room off the Omni lobby, Voltron, Suite 150. Once inside, there should be someone at the desk to direct you to our meetup, but, if no one is there, proceed to the left past the kitchen and down the hallway, Devvie is right around the corner. You may also message us on this event or message us at @EFFaustin on Twitter or @effaustin on Mastodon if you are having trouble finding us. Please note that the room will be locked and EFF-Austin will not have access until 10-15 minutes before 7:00pm CST. We will try to have someone in the Omni lobby earlier than that in front of the Voltron doors to greet you if you arrive early, but otherwise just wait in the lobby until you are let in.

Talk will be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/user/austintechlive and will later be archived at https://www.youtube.com/user/effaustin. Questions for the speaker from virtual attendees may be submitted via the Youtube livestream chat, our Twitter account, @EFFaustin, or our Mastodon account, @effaustin.

Parking for the Omni Garage can be validated at the Capital Factory front desk inside room Voltron, Suite 150, reducing the cost to $8. If no one is at the desk, check with EFF-Austin meetup organizers, we can provide you with one. Attendees must park after 5pm and leave before 10pm to receive the discount, otherwise they will be charged full price, which is $3.25 for every 30 minutes. Affordable street park is also available nearby. Details: https://capitalfactory.com/parking/

AFTER PARTY:
Join us for the discussion from 7:00PM-9:00PM, followed by drinks and camaraderie from 9:00PM-10:00PM in the Omni Hotel lobby.