July 8, 2021 at 3:35 PM
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Lately there’s been a lot of talk about “robot lawyers.” Will robots replace lawyers?
Can robots replace lawyers? Is it even appropriate or accurate to equate artificial intelligence (AI) tools designed for lawyers with “robots”? And even if what we’re really talking about is AI software and not “robots” per se, will lawyers be significantly impacted by the effects of AI tools?
As is often the case with questions like these, it depends on who you ask. The answers may vary, but one thing is for sure: AI software is already changing the way that lawyers and law firms operate. Whether it’s being used for legal research, eDiscovery, contract review, or litigation analytics, AI software tools abound, and the options available to lawyers continue to increase each year.
February 8, 2021 at 3:12 PM
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The hype cycle surrounding AI has taken the legal community on a journey. From the early days of never-ending, but also never plausible, promise to the spirited backlash, to the “well, actually you’ve been unwittingly using it all this time!” It seems as though lawyers are more at piece with A.I. these days, at least to the extent they’re told that the legal research software is, fundamentally, “doing AI” behind the scenes.
But to some extent the profession traded the backlash for a lack of imagination. Artificial intelligence can rev up legal research, but it’s capable of a lot more if lawyers just have some faith.