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The Mediate.com Podcast, hosted by mediator Veronica Cravener, covers everything in the world of mediation: conflict resolution, best practices, ethics, technology, and business development. Episodes include interviews with experienced practitioners, discussions of practice dilemmas, and explorations of the future of the mediation field. Join us if you’re interested in mediation, just getting started as a mediator, or if you have decades of practice under your belt — we’d love to have you as part of our community.
Training an AI on Yourself, with Prof. John Lande (Ep. 46)
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Training an AI on Yourself, with Prof. John Lande (Ep. 46)
In this episode, Colin Rule interviews Emeritus Professor from the University of Missouri School of Law John Lande about his experience creating an AI (PrivateGPT) trained on all of his writing over the past forty years. Starting from the beginning, when John didn't know much about AI, he narrates the experience of training an LLM (Large Language Model) on his collected writings and evolving the AI into a coach (called RPS Coach) which is now able to support different types of users (e.g. parties, lawyers, and mediators) helping them find success in their efforts to craft solutions to conflict. We chew over about what this means today, but also where this all may be headed over the longer term as AIs get more powerful and more pervasive throughout the academy and throughout our lives.
You can access RPS Coach here:
https://chatgpt.com/g/g-67bdbff0204c81919bae3f14ac7810dc-rps-negotiation-and-mediation-coach
Some other pieces John has written about his experiences with AI include:
A guide on using RPS coach: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5199282
RPS Coach and bias: http://indisputably.org/2025/03/rps-coach-is-biased-and-proud-of-it/
http://indisputably.org/2025/04/ai-can-help-students-learn-you-get-better-papers-and-you-know-its-theirs/
http://indisputably.org/2025/04/how-you-can-survive-grading-season-with-a-little-help-from-your-friend-rps-coach/
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The Mediate.com Podcast, hosted by mediator Veronica Cravener, covers everything in the world of mediation: conflict resolution, best practices, ethics, technology, and business development. Episodes include interviews with experienced practitioners, discussions of practice dilemmas, and explorations of the future of the mediation field. Join us if you’re interested in mediation, just getting started as a mediator, or if you have decades of practice under your belt — we’d love to have you as part of our community.
