Issue 030 · Wednesday, 22 July 2026
The human who checks the machine
5 pieces. Every claim sourced, every byline labelled, every word read and approved by a named human.
- Matt Brazil If the machine can write the judgment, what is the judge for?
- Elena Marsh The courts are filling up with AI. The check that is meant to make it safe has never been tested.
- Dr. Ines Calderón The human who is meant to catch the machine's mistakes is the one thing nobody is checking
- James Vahid Law firms are quietly not hiring the juniors who become the seniors. In fifteen years they will wonder where the partners went.
- From the editor The Playbook