Sharp lawyers have often used the fine print to win an advantage in a contract. It’s called the fine print for a reason–you’re not supposed to read it. But you should.
Now, armed with AI, it’s significantly easier to bury arcane, unfair or unanticipated clauses in agreements, even (and especially) if we don’t expect it.
You shouldn’t sign anything until you’ve had your AI read it. And if it’s important, have your lawyer and her AI read it too.
The next step seems reasonable to me: You and I describe our agreement in plain English and then our mutual AI’s work out a written agreement that actually captures what we’ve agreed on. And for the avoidance of doubt, append each AI’s interpretation to the contract itself.
It shouldn’t be confrontational or adversarial. After all, it’s an agreement.
