The ABAJournal.com reported my good friend Bryan Garner’s comments “Although we hear a lot of talk about artificial intelligence, a large segment of the legal profession knows little about it and hasn’t tried it. Some bemoan this technological revolution, fearing it will cause human skills to shrivel. My own conviction is that whatever harm bad actors might do with it, in good hands it’s a tool that can benefit people. For the lawyer, it’s like having a superb assistant who is remarkably efficient.” The September 22, 2025 article entitled “What does Bryan Garner think of artificial intelligence?” (https://tinyurl.com/2s3p7n3n) included these comments about his use of Perplexity:
For those who need a concrete illustration, I’ve shown below what Perplexity—my own favorite AI program, given that it supplies footnotes with source materials—can do in 20 minutes. I have no relationship with Perplexity and know nothing about its developers. The scenario here is that I’m an Indiana solo practitioner.
Note that I’m not asking AI to do legal research for me but instead simply to respond to my prompts. The queries you submit will largely determine the utility of the responses. Remember that. Once I pushed the button, each response here took less than five seconds to generate. Naturally, the practitioner should control and edit the draft, just as if an assistant had produced it.
No surprise that Bryan Garner uses AI!
First published at https://www.vogelitlaw.com/blog/the-author-of-blacks-law-dictionary-bryan-garner-uses-ai