Why evaluation cases matter more than a single AI demo
An evaluation set turns a legal workflow's known edge cases into a repeatable test of what an AI-assisted process may handle.
A polished demonstration can show that a model produces a plausible first draft. It says less about how the workflow behaves when it sees an unfamiliar clause, missing input or conflicting instruction.
An evaluation set gives those situations a controlled place. It can contain representative documents, known exceptions and examples where the correct result is a stop or escalation. The useful question is whether the workflow takes the intended path and leaves a reviewable record.
The limitation is that a set can become too familiar. A workflow may perform well on examples collected from the past while missing a new category of issue. Evaluation is therefore a recurring control, not a one-time approval.
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