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Hands-on with DoNotPay, a service claiming to be the first robot lawyer: slow, drafted a terrible defamation demand letter, missed legal issues, and more

Note: This post is an adaptation of what started initially as a Twitter thread.  —  I've been going pretty hard on DoNotPay … Tweets: @lilianedwards , @scottgreenfield , @mikebutcher , @boozybadger , @kathryntewson , @kathryntewson , @mmasnick , @clapifyoulikeme , and @scottnover Tweets: Lilian Edwards / @lilianedwards : DoNotPay gets a test drive, and lets say, eavesdropping in court without judicial permission may not be its only problem. https://www.techdirt.com/... Scott Greenfield / @scottgreenfield : Kathryn Tewson takes DoNotPay, the Robo Lawyer, out for a test drive so you don't have to. https://twitter.com/... Mike Butcher / @mikebutcher : AI actually has a long way to go... https://twitter.com/... Col. Boozy Badger / @boozybadger : I believe we should refer to this guy and his service as “Robo-Notario” from now on. https://twitter.com/... Kathryn Tewson / @kathryntewson : @TechDirt reached out and asked if they could publish my thread on DoNotPay as an article. ngl, I'm pretty pleased. https://twitter.com/... Kathryn Tewson / @kathryntewson : The piece does not contain any quotes from anyone, prosecutor or otherwise, threatening Browder or anyone else with jail. https://twitter.com/... Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : We published a guest post from @KathrynTewson, built out of an epic tweet thread, and it's one of my favorite Techdirt posts ever. https://www.techdirt.com/... @clapifyoulikeme : This thread and the post it inspired are amazing. I was mostly kidding when I said Joshua Browder is going to go to prison, but now I actually think he might. https://www.techdirt.com/... https://twitter.com/... Scott Nover / @scottnover : “Let me be clear: this is a terrible demand letter. Absolutely terrible. Useless or worse than useless — if an actual attorney saw this, she would instantly know that the sender was unsophisticated, unrepresented, and gullible as fuck.” https://www.techdirt.com/...

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Discussion

  • @mikebutcher Mike Butcher on x
    AI actually has a long way to go... https://twitter.com/...
  • @kathryntewson Kathryn Tewson on x
    @TechDirt reached out and asked if they could publish my thread on DoNotPay as an article. ngl, I'm pretty pleased. https://twitter.com/...
  • @scottgreenfield Scott Greenfield on x
    Kathryn Tewson takes DoNotPay, the Robo Lawyer, out for a test drive so you don't have to. https://twitter.com/...
  • @lilianedwards Lilian Edwards on x
    DoNotPay gets a test drive, and lets say, eavesdropping in court without judicial permission may not be its only problem. https://www.techdirt.com/...
  • @kathryntewson Kathryn Tewson on x
    The piece does not contain any quotes from anyone, prosecutor or otherwise, threatening Browder or anyone else with jail. https://twitter.com/...
  • @boozybadger Col. Boozy Badger on x
    I believe we should refer to this guy and his service as “Robo-Notario” from now on. https://twitter.com/...
  • @mmasnick Mike Masnick on x
    We published a guest post from @KathrynTewson, built out of an epic tweet thread, and it's one of my favorite Techdirt posts ever. https://www.techdirt.com/...
  • @clapifyoulikeme @clapifyoulikeme on x
    This thread and the post it inspired are amazing. I was mostly kidding when I said Joshua Browder is going to go to prison, but now I actually think he might. https://www.techdirt.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @scottnover Scott Nover on x
    “Let me be clear: this is a terrible demand letter. Absolutely terrible. Useless or worse than useless — if an actual attorney saw this, she would instantly know that the sender was unsophisticated, unrepresented, and gullible as fuck.” https://www.techdirt.com/...