Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2025
Abstract
In developing the AI tool, the RPS Negotiation and Mediation Coach, I had to give it strict instructions to use certain terms and avoid others so that it doesn’t use lots of problematic dispute resolution jargon on the internet. This short article lists those terms.
The article points out that, just like bots, humanoids need to be trained. It is especially important to teach good dispute resolution language to law professor, law student, and practitioner units. Many of these humanoids are stuck on defective codings such as “facilitative” and “evaluative” mediation, which are like contagious malware. Humanoids generally can “learn” and even re-program themselves. This article argues that it will take a concerted anti-virus campaign to keep problematic code from dominating dispute resolution algorithms in coming years.
Recommended Citation
John Lande,
Good Language for Dispute Resolution Bots and HumanoidsUniversity of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2025-12
(2025).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/facpubs/1256