--- title: "Judges Warn That AI-Generated Lawslop Is Getting So Bad It’s Threatening Courts’ Ability to Function" description: "A panel of three Florida state district court judges blasted a family attorney for using AI to generate \"frivolous, scattershot arguments.\"" date: "2026-09-25" modified: "2026-09-25" authors: - name: "Joe Wilkins" job_title: "Correspondent" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jwilkins.md" url: "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/judges-florida-court-warn-ai-law-slop-threatening-judicial" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Ethics" --- # Judges Warn That AI-Generated Lawslop Is Getting So Bad It’s Threatening Courts’ Ability to Function ![A color treated photo of a judge slamming a gavel.]() *Shutterstock / Futurism* AI doesn't need superintelligence to bring America's judicial system to its knees. The proliferation of AI-generated slop paraded as legitimate legal documentation is now so bad that Florida's second-highest appellate is sounding the alarm. In [an opinion]() issued last week, a panel of three judges for Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal excoriated an attorney whose filings carried the unmistakable imprint of — in the judges' words — "AI slop." That assessment, first reported [by *Reuters*](), came along with a notice that the offending attorney might be referred to the Florida bar for discipline, as well as a warning that the kinds of "frivolous, scattershot arguments" generated by AI are causing serious problems for courts' ability to process cases. "Pro se litigants and lawyers can easily abuse AI to crank out extensive and confounding documents that cause delay, annoyance, and expense to the other side," the opinion states. "Busy courts can drown in a flood of filings that are difficult to navigate. Abusive AI filing clogs dockets and undermines the administration of justice. Courts expect more from an attorney." As for the attorney in question, the district court found family attorney Jaclyn Soroka had filed a motion which was "legally insufficient, frivolous, and untimely." "An AI supercomputer would struggle to find meaning in some of the prose used in this case," the judges roared. "Counsel's arguments need to be comprehensible to human readers — the courts, opposing counsel, and the litigants." In an interview [with *Law.com*](), Soroka denied using any AI to produce legal documents, explaining that "in my practice of law, in all matters, I do not use artificial intelligence to generate court filings." **More on AI:** *[OpenAI Is Now Facing Over 50 Consumer Harm and Wrongful Death Lawsuits]()* ## Author At Futurism, I focus on the intersection of technology and power — examining the economics, history, and politics behind today’s dystopian headlines. As a writer, I’m interested in topics ranging from AI’s impact on labor to startups nobody asked for. My prior work includes bylines in Jacobin, Verso, and Blue Labyrinths. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Forbes, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Time, The Nation, Mother Jones, The Verge, and Wired. I grew up in Michigan, attending Central Michigan University as well as Ball State University, where I earned a master of music. I now live in Brooklyn with my girlfriend and our cat Ziti. On weekends, you can find me hunched over a cold pint arguing geopolitics with the other transplants. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()