Technology,
Law Practice
Feb. 25, 2021
Qualms about the deskilling of lawyers due to AI and the law
As artificial intelligence is infused into the practice of law, there are abundant worries in the legal profession that lawyers will get replaced by machines. Rather than looking that far down the tunnel, a nearer-term revelation is that AI-enabled LegalTech might lead to the gradual deskilling of attorneys and render them less capable in the law.
Lance Eliot
Chief AI Scientist
Techbrium Inc.
Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a Stanford Fellow and a world-renowned expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Law with over 6.8+ million amassed views of his AI columns. As a seasoned executive and high-tech entrepreneur, he combines practical industry experience with deep academic research and serves as a Stanford Fellow at Stanford University.
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Could lawyers inexorably and ultimately lose their edge?
Some are asserting that indeed this will be the case, coming about due to the advent of artificial intelligence and the law. This gloomy future for huma...
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