📩 Silicourt Valley – Issue #20

🎯 Prompt Engineering: The $5,000 Skill Nobody Taught You in Law School

A Weekly Brief on AI, Law, and What Actually Matters!

Steven Schwartz asked ChatGPT for case law and got six fake cases. The sanctions? $5,000.

He thought ChatGPT was a "super search engine." When he asked if the cases were real, it confidently said yes. The problem is that AI can lie with the confidence of a senior partner who's never been questioned.

But here's what matters: understanding what you can do differently, not dwelling on what went wrong in that courtroom. The gap between getting sanctioned and saving five hours a week comes down to one skill: knowing how to properly communicate with AI.