Starting from the beginning, when John didn’t know much about AI, he narrates the experience of training an LLM (Large Language Model) on his collected writings and evolving the AI into a coach (called RPS Coach) which is now able to support different types of users (e.g. parties, lawyers, and mediators) helping them find success in their efforts to craft solutions to conflict. We chew over about what this means today, but also where this all may be headed over the longer term as AIs get more powerful and more pervasive throughout the academy and throughout our lives.
You can access RPS Coach HERE.
Some other pieces John has written about his experiences with AI include:
A guide on using RPS coach: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5199282
RPS Coach and bias: http://indisputably.org/2025/03/rps-coach-is-biased-and-proud-of-it/
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