Shorts
What happened
Researchers at Stanford ran a blind test — law professors were shown answers to legal questions without being told who wrote them. About 75% of the time, the professors preferred the AI's answer over the one written by an actual law student. They also flagged the AI answers as harmful far less often.
Why it matters
The context behind the story.
Law school costs tens of thousands of dollars a year. If professors — the people doing the grading — consistently think AI outperforms students, it forces a big uncomfortable question about what legal education is actually preparing people for. This isn't a tech opinion; it's experts in the field choosing the machine over the human, blind.
Takeaway
When the professors can't tell the difference — and prefer the AI — the whole system has to reckon with what it's training people to do.
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