Should an AI legal assistant check the court deadline before polishing your draft?

Explaining an unfamiliar court form in plain language is a useful job for a chatbot. Spending the evening making a response sound more professional may be a much worse use of the same tool. California's Supreme Court says AI may help with drafts and legal vocabulary, but users must check its answers and remain responsible for their court papers. The state's eviction self-help page shows why timing deserves attention first: the response deadline depends on how the papers were served, and the counting rules distinguish court days from calendar days. This is existing California guidance, not a rule for every court or a new AI incident. I would want an AI legal assistant to put the relevant official deadline page and local self-help contact within reach before offering another rewrite. If it does not know the court or how service happened, it should say that it cannot establish the deadline—not supply a reassuring date. Confirm your own deadline with the court's self-help center or a qualified lawyer rather than relying on a chatbot's calculation. A polished draft is still a draft. How would you keep an assistant's writing help from eating the time someone needs to get help and actually file?