Human Oversight Means Independent Judgment
Define meaningful human oversight for legal AI outputs and distinguish it from rubber-stamp review.
A human in the loop is not the same as human judgment in the loop. Presence is not oversight Many legal AI workflows say 'lawyer review required.' That sentence can mean very different things. It might mean a lawyer reads the final output after the model has chosen the frame, selected facts, and stated a conclusion. Or it might mean the lawyer compares the output against source text, legal authority, and a checklist of likely failure modes. Only the second version creates meaningful oversight. Oversight needs independent signal A reviewer cannot catch a wrong quote without the transcript. They cannot…
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