Generative AI is saving lawyers time and money, but if used improperly, it could cost them their livelihoods, warn two of Florida’s leading ethics experts.

Belmont University College of Law Professor Tim Chinaris notes that a recent Florida Bar survey showed 80% of lawyers haven’t used AI, and 80% believe it should be regulated.

“What does that tell us?” Chinaris said. “It’s an old truism in human nature that we’re afraid of what we don’t know. Fax machines, email, cloud computing, E-discovery. They’ve all caused consternation in the legal world when they first started.”