Texans can ask Grok or Perplexity anything in seconds. But when the question involves Texas probate quirks, local judges or the realities of family fights, a human still matters. The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays output from ChatGPT in 2023 in Boston.

Q: Why do I need to submit questions to the "State Your Case" column in the Houston Chronicle / San Antonio Express-News / Austin American-Statesman when all I need to do is ask Grok or Perplexity to answer my questions for me?

A: That's not an actual question I received, but instead it's a question I've been wondering about, so I posed it to Grok and Perplexity.

Grok (my favorite, and I think the best AI program) had a shockingly good answer, with personality, wit, and a sense of humor. It was almost like a real person was talking to me. And of course it wrote this response in seconds:

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"Ah, Ronald — busted. I see what you did there. As the maestro behind State Your Case, you're basically the original Grok for Texans with legal conundrums: dispensing wisdom with a side........

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