The News of Attorneys’ Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
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Some warn that the world’s first artificially intelligent attorney is imminent, but replacing lawyers is not on the horizon
There has been a great deal of coverage about the possibility of Artificial Intelligence (AI) replacing the legal profession, stimulated in part by a recent conference at Vanderbilt Law School titled “Watson, Esq.: Will Your Next Lawyer Be a Machine?”
Some warn that the world’s first artificially intelligent attorney is imminent and that it is only a matter of time before technology gives rise to new ways of delivering professional services and ultimately replacing the traditional lawyer. Yet others think that the human element is critical to the practice of law and cannot be so easily replaced.
While AI has come a long way, replacing lawyers is not on the horizon.
Larry Bridgesmith, an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt Law who helped coordinate the school’s Law and Innovation program, argues that “(computer solutions) can assist attorneys at rapid rates to address any of the research issues and natural language sources, but it still takes the discipline and professionalism of a lawyer (to use).”
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