# kaal:claim:5541658-034

**Claim.** Even as LLMs for judicial reasoning become more sophisticated, their inability to replicate empathy and social responsiveness will confine them to supportive rather than decisional functions.

**Type.** predictive  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- judicial reasoning and opinion drafting applications

**Source quote.**

> However, AI's inability to replicate empathy and social responsiveness will limit its role to supportive functions.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Morgan A. Gray, *The Evolving Role of Artificial Intelligence in Law* (2025), A. Sophisticated LLMs for Judicial Reasoning, page 36

**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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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** large-language-models, empathy, judicial-reasoning, future-trends

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