Technology
Dec. 8, 2025
Why Generative AI inspires such passion: Classical wisdom for a modern anxiety
A $10,000 sanctions case revealed how deeply generative AI unsettles the legal system. The passion it inspires isn't new. Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics wrestled with the same anxieties about imitation, untrained power, and institutional fragility. Their wisdom offers a roadmap.
When a California appellate court recently sanctioned an attorney $10,000 for submitting briefs laden with fabricated citations, the legal community's reaction was swift and visceral. The intensity revealed something important: generative AI has touched a nerve that runs deeper than professional standards or technical capabilities.
I've seen this firsthand. Every time I discuss AI in training sessions or policy meetings, the conversation goes off the rai...
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