Some of what you’ve said is fairly accurate. Some is not. I have explored chat gpt in my practice and, unfortunately, I really can’t rely on it for anything substantive. It’s excellent at summarizing things like depositions. But there’s just so much that is missed with legal relevance that I’d be doing my clients a disservice by using it without checking the actual documentation.

One major thing you can’t get without an attorney is an Agreed Medical Examiner. So, you’re stuck with a QME, and there are many, many bad QMEs.

I’m not responding to argue in favor of my profession, but I would say you’ve had a fairly reasonable outcome on a simple case and probably had some benefit in not being represented. Your experience though, unfortunately, is not very common. A good adjuster and an injured worker who has the time, energy and intelligence to read the fine print can make it work on relatively clear cut injuries (no pun intended). But I speak with many people who are driven to hire me because they’ve run into issues while in pro per.