We can't dismiss extreme possibilities anymore, in either the geopolitical or the legal worlds. We need to recognize radical change and prepare new strategies for exceptional times.
Bravo! Great piece Jordan. We need lawyers to choose curiosity over fear and fear is all we see right now at every level. On AI and legal practice I am really optimistic (yes really) that AI will give knowledge workers superpowers. This is an Industrial Revolution of knowledge workers playing out in real time. Does this future state still need lawyers - yes, absolutely. Do I want a radiologist or a radiologist with AI to read my MRI report? I want a radiologist with AI…
So what would an unreasonable response look like? I fear for many, a disconnect from social media, nightly news, and maybe even smartphones will be the most they can envision. This passive response will hardly dent the bumper of the truck they feel run over by.
It's easy to generate text, tons of it. The hard part is knowing which part of the text is relevant, which part is not, and whether the details hold to scrutiny.
In a nutshell, details matter.
Unfortunately details are the very part that AI is not good at, because it does not *know* what the generated text means, nor whether it is true. Also AI can't be responsible for the output it produces - it is just a machine.
That's why you need humans to get the details right. Especially in areas like law, engineering and medicine.
Using AI as a tool? Absolutley. Replacing human insight? Nope.
There is an old saying: if you hate people become a doctor, if you love people, become a lawyer. AI may streamline a lot of things, but it can hardly console a person who is facing hard time or who's spouse has walked out the door. In the end, the job of the lawyer is to deal with the human behind the law case and humans need other humans, not a robot. I wouldn't hang up the powdered wigs and the gowns yet.
Also, I do write a newsletter about the law, (well sort of) but I doubt you will want to nominate me for any awards. There is nothing illegal or unconstitutional about DOGE, but I know that American ways are strange to Canadians.
Oh, Jordan, I am all in on your plea for lawyers to become unreasonable. This is a time unlike any other, and it has multiple layers to it, but the profession is full of immensely smart legal and business professionals, so this can be figured out. It may take many diverse minds, or maybe even just listening to one at a time, to take the initial steps to protect what needs to be protected...our firms and our countries. Making change is fine, but blowing up and disrespecting the rule of law, lawyers, and due process is not.
Brillant!
Well written! It's very comfortable on the clapham omnibus but once in a while we may have to get off early and walk the rest of the way; or run!
Bravo! Great piece Jordan. We need lawyers to choose curiosity over fear and fear is all we see right now at every level. On AI and legal practice I am really optimistic (yes really) that AI will give knowledge workers superpowers. This is an Industrial Revolution of knowledge workers playing out in real time. Does this future state still need lawyers - yes, absolutely. Do I want a radiologist or a radiologist with AI to read my MRI report? I want a radiologist with AI…
So what would an unreasonable response look like? I fear for many, a disconnect from social media, nightly news, and maybe even smartphones will be the most they can envision. This passive response will hardly dent the bumper of the truck they feel run over by.
It's easy to generate text, tons of it. The hard part is knowing which part of the text is relevant, which part is not, and whether the details hold to scrutiny.
In a nutshell, details matter.
Unfortunately details are the very part that AI is not good at, because it does not *know* what the generated text means, nor whether it is true. Also AI can't be responsible for the output it produces - it is just a machine.
That's why you need humans to get the details right. Especially in areas like law, engineering and medicine.
Using AI as a tool? Absolutley. Replacing human insight? Nope.
There is an old saying: if you hate people become a doctor, if you love people, become a lawyer. AI may streamline a lot of things, but it can hardly console a person who is facing hard time or who's spouse has walked out the door. In the end, the job of the lawyer is to deal with the human behind the law case and humans need other humans, not a robot. I wouldn't hang up the powdered wigs and the gowns yet.
Also, I do write a newsletter about the law, (well sort of) but I doubt you will want to nominate me for any awards. There is nothing illegal or unconstitutional about DOGE, but I know that American ways are strange to Canadians.
Oh, Jordan, I am all in on your plea for lawyers to become unreasonable. This is a time unlike any other, and it has multiple layers to it, but the profession is full of immensely smart legal and business professionals, so this can be figured out. It may take many diverse minds, or maybe even just listening to one at a time, to take the initial steps to protect what needs to be protected...our firms and our countries. Making change is fine, but blowing up and disrespecting the rule of law, lawyers, and due process is not.