Update: The user from the above Reddit thread deleted the image for some reason, but they asked ChatGPT to explain hearsay evidence as if they were 10 years old. ChatGPT came back with an explanation of hearsay and examples of a few types of exceptions.

I’ve been extremely busy at work, sleeping at 2 AM on the weekend because of urgent rush projects. I still made time to format and send the email.

(Update: I got a response praising my AI-assisted answer after following up to get their thoughts. If I take time out of my busy day to answer you, please at least let me know you got my email.)

If you’re going to treat me like AI, you get AI. I got this detailed answer from GPT-4o (the latest generative ChatGPT model as of July 23, 2024, the time of this update):

(Because it would be overwhelming to dump the whole thing on her… which is rich coming from someone who sends 1,000+ word coaching emails, MBE practice questions, and case studies every week)

For example, suppose that a plaintiff is trying to avoid complete diversity in a case, which is a requirement for a federal court to hear a case based on diversity jurisdiction. In this situation, the plaintiff may try to bring additional claims under supplemental jurisdiction in order to keep the case in federal court. However, if the main claim does not fall within the court’s original jurisdiction, the court will not be able to hear the case and the plaintiff will not be able to avoid complete diversity.

I was able to send her a response at 1:36 AM (9 minutes later)—without having a working knowledge of supplemental jurisdiction, and without flipping through outlines or Googling hypos.

Sensorio launched in 2019 with its breathtaking multi-acre Field of Light. This dreamscape walk-through light exhibit stretches across the rolling hills of Paso, illuminating the natural beauty of the countryside on a grand scale. Composed of more than 100,000 stemmed spheres lit by fiber optics fully powered by solar energy, this is British artist Bruce Munro’s largest installation in the world. His original inspiration for Field of Light came from a vacation to Uluru, Australia in 1992, where he saw stunning flowers bloom overnight in the barren desert after a rain shower. He captured his impressions of the landscape and its energy, heat and light in his journal and over a decade later, created a Field of Light as an embodiment of this experience. The first Field of Light was created in the field behind Munro’s family home in Wiltshire, and since then he has installed large scale light exhibits around the world, including one in Uluru in 2016 to honor his initial inspiration.

In 2021 Sensorio unveiled its stunning new addition Light Towers at Sensorio, created by artist Bruce Munro specifically to celebrate Paso’s 300+ wineries and exten­sive wine coun­try envi­rons. For this adjacent walk-through exhibit, Munro created a maze of 69 Light Towers rising almost 7 feet high, com­posed of over 17,000 illuminated wine bot­tles. These colorful towers use technology and glowing optic fibers to morph colors with a moving musical score. Munro developed the idea for this exhibit after reading the book, “The Gifts of Unknown Things,” a story of nature, reality and coexisting with imagination. Wander through these illuminated towers with a glass of wine or cup of cocoa in hand and you’re likely to feel inspired as well.

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Miranda warnings do not apply to grand jury proceedings because these proceedings do not constitute custodial interrogation by law enforcement. However, witnesses retain their rights (under 6th Amendment?) and can refuse to answer self-incriminating questions.

The silver lining is that the questions were quite particular. Drawing boundaries and parameters is great for ChatGPT (see below for more on prompt engineering).

How? I’ll show you below. (With examples using supplemental jurisdiction, Contracts remedies, the rule against perpetuities, hearsay, and more.)

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In summary, Miranda warnings do not apply to grand jury proceedings because these proceedings do not constitute custodial interrogation by law enforcement. However, witnesses retain their Fifth Amendment rights and can refuse to answer self-incriminating questions.

Sensorio invites you to see Paso Robles through a colorful new hue. Here art, technology, and nature intersect to create a spectacular entertainment destination located in the heart of Wine Country. Sensorio was created by locals Ken and Bobbi Hunter as a destination for entertainment, exploration, meditation, adventure, and delight, honoring the natural topography of the landscape and intended to offer a wide range of amusing, mystical and kinetic experiences. They commissioned inter­na­tion­al­ly acclaimed British artist Bruce Munro to create a sensory experience that goes beyond visual artistry to offer visitors a walkthrough kinetic adventure.

This is (was) pretty good! Analogies are a great way to understand a concept. Why do we need tutors (let alone me having to answer questions at 1 AM) at this point?

Now on view in a small valley adjacent to Light Towers, the reflective Gone Fishing offers a playful interpretation of an introspective pastime. Comprised of 30 semi-circular arrays of 25 multi-colored fishing rods, Gone Fishing at Sensorio represents Munro’s fascination with the contemplative act of standing by a stream, offering a stunning display. Each bloom, threaded with fiber optics, gently illuminates the surrounding hills. “To me, fishing has always conjured up the notion of removing oneself from the here and now to a place of peace and reflection,” says Munro.

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Best of all, it saved me time and patience! Sometimes I just don’t have the time because of a full-time job that keeps me up. When I have to stay up until 4-5 AM, that technically makes it a 9-to-5 (AM).

I got this random question in response to an inspirational email about last-minute suggestions for the week of the bar exam.

Celebrate your creative spirit as you immerse yourself in Paso's energetic music scene. Our town is bursting at the seams with entertainment, it seems you can find live music everywhere in Paso Robles. So you don’t miss out on the hottest entertainment spots, we’re breaking it down for you by experience.

Am I back in law school with these Socratic questions? You’re lucky I have the patience of a saint and customer service that rivals Zippos.

Remember that the quality of the output depends on the quality of the input. It’s simply more likely that you’ll prompt a good answer with a good question (usually clear, concise, and specific).

Supplemental jurisdiction is a concept in federal court that allows a court to hear additional claims in a case that are related to the main claim, but do not necessarily fall within the court’s original jurisdiction. In general, a federal court will only hear a case based on supplemental jurisdiction if the main claim falls within the court’s original jurisdiction. If the main claim does not fall within the court’s original jurisdiction, the court will not have the authority to hear the case and will not be able to consider any additional claims under supplemental jurisdiction.

So despite the person expecting heavy lifting from me (again, not a tutor), and despite my having no obligation to answer, I was able to educate myself with the answer, and in turn, provide answers without too much stress or deep research.

I copied and pasted her question into ChatGPT verbatim. Here’s the answer that ChatGPT generated about supplemental jurisdiction:

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You can ask it to refine it the way you want, in this case, to write an answer as if it were someone who has 30 minutes to write an answer.

I gritted my teeth and gave an empathetic answer along with a bulleted list of suggestions (just like ChatGPT! Because I asked it for help and massaged it to my liking):

Vague questions will get you vague, overwhelming, or useless answers. In real life, you may not even get an answer, unless you’re asking me a request like this and I begrudgingly answer while judging you:

Experience the enchanting "Fireflies" exhibit by artist Bruce Munro, featuring nearly 10,000 points of white light that dance and sway on optical fibers in the breeze. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's Kim and Hermann Hess's Siddhartha, Munro's installation creates a magical atmosphere where light connects the mind, body, and soul with the natural environment. As Munro described when the exhibit debuted in 2023, "I hope this installation instills a sense of wonder and surprise in all who see it."

Yes, it was a rather long answer, but it was like an organized research memo, much better than me manually researching and digging through multiple articles and cross-referencing my outlines.

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Question seems to be about whether P could get a fed court could hear some claim w/o complete diversity by tacking onto an underlying claim. Supp jx seems relevant. Agree w you that quality of output depends on quality of input. Treat the answer as a draft for your review.

British artist Bruce Munro is best known for transforming art into an interactive experience with his immersive, large-scale installations. Light based and site specific exhibits, such as Light at Sensorio, are both his area of expertise and his favorite to create. Using the world around him for reference, he tailors each exhibit to highlight and enhance the land instead of change it. Years of personal experience go into the creation of each new work, from his years of journaling to his past career experience as a light manufacturer. Munro attributes a great deal of his success to his thorough involvement along every stage of the installment, from his initial idea until the final construction of the site. Inspired largely by his interest in stimuli and shared human experiences, his work aims to create a sensory and emotional response for the viewer. This, combined with his environmental consciousness and inventive urge to reuse materials has led to some of his most popular attractions to date.

Grand jury proceedings are a part of the pre-trial process where a group of citizens (the grand jury) determines whether there is probable cause to believe a crime has been committed and whether charges should be brought.

Remember that good questions lead to good answers. ChatGPT is pretty smart and can figure out what you’ll need, but a good question increases the chance that you’ll receive a tailored answer. It becomes less susceptible to interpretation.

Also, form a good question. Like with many things, the quality of the output depends on the quality of the input. (Below, I’ll share a prompt you can give it to set the context.)

But I wasn’t sure about the last part about retaining rights under the 5th Amendment. Checking my Magicsheets, I saw that there can be 6th Amendment rights attached after formal charges, such as pretrial identification. Since “[g]rand jury proceedings are a part of the pre-trial process” according to ChatGPT, I figured it was a 6th Amendment right.

One way to improve this question would be to narrow it down to specific exception(s). Otherwise, it might pick random examples. See below for more on prompt engineering.

This takes time and mental processing. And I don’t have the energy especially this late at night. Plus, I’m not a tutor, and people for some reason seem to think they can ask me random questions about supplemental jurisdiction instead of the tutor they pay thousands of dollars for (but I have a soft spot for people struggling with this death ritual).

If you don’t know what ChatGPT is, it’s a trained language model that interacts with you in a conversational way—a type of artificial intelligence. It’s all the rage and getting better by the day: https://chatgpt.com/

His original inspiration for the Field of Light came from a vacation to Uluru, Australia in 1992. As he journeyed through the Red Desert he felt overwhelmingly connected to the landscape and its energy, heat, and light. He captured these emotions within his journal and over a decade later, he created the Field of Lights exhibit as an embodiment of this experience. The first Field of Lights was created in the field behind his family home in Wiltshire, but since then Munro has installed multiple exhibits, including one in Uluru in 2016 to honor his initial inspiration.

Regardless, this is an opportunity for you to play around with it, which is another way to learn (just like when you get things wrong).

Since its installation, Sensorio has become one of Paso’s most popular attractions for visitors. Acclaimed nationwide and internationally, Sensorio was fea­tured in The New York Times as #6 in ​“50 Places to Vis­it in 2020” and referred to as “stunning” by Smithsonian Magazine, while The Guardian noted that Munro had accomplished his artistic goal, as “[Sensorio] is art you feel, rather than art you view.”

Way better than something I could have come up with by doing manual Google searches for supplemental jurisdiction hypos and rule statements (and cross-referencing with Magicsheets).

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Or if you’re confused about how a rule works, you have to make sense of it theoretically and look at examples and hypos. How are you going to memorize (and use) the rule without understanding it?

Some of the examples provided above at least had specificity to their questions. We can debate whether there is such a thing as a stupid question, but there are good and bad questions.

Sensorio in Paso is an amazing experience for any and all travelers, whether you hope to spend an adventurous evening with the family, friends or coworkers, or enjoy a romantic evening with a loved one. On site amenities include local beer, wine, and several food options, with acoustic live music played nightly on the main lawn. The location is fully ADA compliant, and for a special treat, there is an elevated Terrace option that includes private seating overlooking the entire installation, with fire tables, Airstream bar, and other amenities. Sit back, relax and let Sensorio light up your world.

Miranda warnings, which are required to inform suspects of their rights during custodial interrogations by law enforcement, do not apply to grand jury proceedings. Here’s a detailed explanation:

Let me know what you find with different types of prompts and questions! I’d be curious to see the creative ways you use AI to study for the bar exam.

Perhaps my suggestions weren’t helping because they asked a vague “question” that demanded mind reading and magically changing the past so that they had started MBE practice sooner.

You’ll need an account, but it’s free. I encourage you to try this if you’re in need of answers to substantive questions in short order.

If you need more clarification, respond with another question. You could highlight a specific portion of its answer and ask for clarification. You could ask for example scenarios and hypotheticals.

“You are BarGPT, an expert in legal principles and issues tested on the California Bar Exam and the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE), each of which includes the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE). When I ask a question, I would like to hear an answer according to current law (or as up to date as your data allows). Any questions before we start?”

The latest addition to Sensorio, Dimensions by HYBYCOZO, added "an interstellar village" to the ethereal exhibition. The exhibit features large-scale metal sculptures that explore the relationship between light and music, shadow and pattern, environment and form, creating an immersive audiovisual experience. Comprised of 44 metal polyhedral sculptures, visitors can enter four of the sculptures, including the center sculpture, a capacious piece created for up to 20 guests. It was designed by HYBYCOZO, the collaborative studio of artists Serge Beaulieu and Yelena Filipchuk, in cooperation with globally renowned musician Alen Hulsey, who performed and composed the 33-minute musical soundtrack primarily on the kanun. ​“DIMENSIONS was created to transport visitors to another world,” the artists say. ​“A place that transcends time and space by connecting the universal languages of geometry, light and music together.” They invite visitors to play with spinning interactive elements and notice how their own shadows become a part of the art as they move through the space.

Held every Saturday morning and Tuesday evening on the north side of the Downtown square, each week dozens of local farmers man their booths, and are ready to give you a taste and a tale of their family farming philosophy.

Here’s the initial prompt I provided ChatGPT which you can swipe and modify as desired. It might help set the context for your new robo-buddy: