# kaal:claim:5541658-020

**Claim.** The risk of overreliance on legal AI is amplified by the system's perceived objectivity, which invites uncritical acceptance of flawed outputs by legal professionals.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- legal professionals and judges using AI outputs without rigorous verification

**Source quote.**

> The risk of overreliance is exacerbated by AI's perceived objectivity, which may lead to uncritical acceptance of flawed outputs.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Morgan A. Gray, *The Evolving Role of Artificial Intelligence in Law* (2025), B. Overreliance and Errors, page 26

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Morgan A. Gray, The Evolving Role of Artificial Intelligence in Law (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5541658

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**Failure mode.** perceived objectivity driving overreliance  (family: human-judgment-displacement)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** overreliance, automation-bias, perceived-objectivity, verification

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