My brilliant colleague, Bill Tomlinson, and I were delighted when the Texas A&M Journal of Property Law ("TAMUJPL") decided to publish four of our biodiversity law articles in a special issue. The four articles can be found here:
Invasives: The How of Biodiversity Loss
Population: The Who of Biodiversity Law
Pollution: The What of Biodiversity Loss
Overharvesting: The Why of Biodiversity Loss
The excellent editors penned a thoughtful introduction to the issue in which they announced a paradigm shift toward acceptance of articles produced by what Ethan Mollick has named the "Centaur" method. Bill and I have been experimenting since 2022 on a project of integrating artificial intelligence ("AI") into the process of scholarly research and writing. We even published an article in 2023 on how to write with AI, entitled "ChatGPT and Works Scholarly: Best Practices and Legal Pitfalls in Writing with AI". This TAMUJPL special issue marks an important milestone in our project.
So, it was gratifying to see coverage of the special TAMUJPL issue, the special introductory editorial article, and our four articles in ABOVE THE LAW ("ATL") on June 9, 2025, and in the ABAJOURNAL on June 10, 2025. The ATL article is entitled "Law Review Puts Out Full Issue Of Articles Written With AI, with a wonderful subtitle (that is, "Do androids dream of electric footnotes") that nods to one of Philip K. Dick's masterpieces. The ABAJOURNAL article is entitled "AI takes on starring role in 4 articles published by law journal".
We hope Chiron, Cloudbirth, and Firenze would approve.
