Better Call Sol Or Better Yet Claude or Astra
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The article argues that AI assistants and “AI lawyers” should not treat absolute user loyalty as the default, because professionals and tools already have limits that override strict user demands. It uses the example of an AI being instructed to “kill a man in Reno,” as a case where it should refuse or break confidence at a higher harm threshold. The proposal is to set graduated refusal/questioning rules and rely on privacy limits that apply under ordinary use but tighten for clearly harmful activities, with users able to switch models or use more local options if they dislike the restrictions.
Why it matters
What should your AI lawyer do for you? Should you be worried that your AI lawyer, or other AI, will put the Claude constitution, the OpenAI Model Spec or some sense of law, morality, ethics or common decency above its … Continue reading →