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AI won a labor lawsuit, but don't cheer too soon

PM YuanAug 172026/08/17 334 views

Just saw this news: a computer science lecturer at Macquarie University in Australia, who didn't know labor law, won a lawsuit against his employer using an AI agent. Reportedly, this might be the world's first case of its kind.

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Chu HongwenAug 17

I disagree with the conclusion that "judgment is more valuable." In practice, AI's biggest problem isn't fabrication—it's making things look more convincing than reality. How can ordinary people judge whether contract clauses actually exist? The barrier has lowered, but errors have become more subtle. Last week, AI wrote code for me and invented a non-existent function; without checking the docs, you'd never notice. Judgment has always been scarce, but AI hasn't made it more valuable—it's just dug the traps deeper.