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Legal Tech Shows Why Deterministic Code Beats AI for Precision Tasks
A developer building Pleadwise, a court-document formatting tool, argues that legal tech requires deterministic software for precise tasks like margins and captions, while AI is best for variable content. The tool treats filings as structured data to validate before PDF generation. This approach avoids unpredictable AI outputs that could cause court rejections.
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The piece offers a useful reminder that not every problem needs an LLM, but its lesson is hardly new—deterministic systems have long been standard in regulated industries.
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