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Robots Will Need to Able to Do More in Order to Replace Human Lawyers
- bediger4000 10y agoThis sort of thing is totally predictable. Automation encroaches on a profession, people in that profession write this kind of defense of humans. You could substitute "outsourcing" for "automation" in the above, too. But this time, it's different. The profession is "lawyer". Lawyering is superspecial. The attorney/client privilege is the most protected privilege in the USA, at least. Judges routinely make judgements that favor the legal profession itself (http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/barton.pdf http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/barton.pdf). We can invoke the "lawyer-judge hypothesis here: Is there a plausible legal result in this case that will significantly affect the interests of the legal profession (positively or negatively)? If so, the case will be decided in the way that offers the best result for the legal profession. If this hypothesis holds, we can expect to see no legal AI for a very long time.