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I suspect LLMs will start out as a part of legal services at scale - i.e. LegalZoom. In short, in places where there is some notional need for a legal service b
by safety1st 4y ago
I suspect LLMs will start out as a part of legal services at scale - i.e. LegalZoom. In short, in places where there is some notional need for a legal service but liability and budgets are low. I'm sure there is some niche similar to boilerplate contracts where a LLM will have its place.
Example: a specialized LLM plus a structured input form where a solopreneur describes the kind of NDA he wants.
Why not? The competition at this level is "Google for a free MS Word template." But I bet plenty of people would pay a hundred bucks for an "AI powered contract generator" instead.
This stuff doesn't compete with a real lawyer and doesn't replace one (though we'll see what happens in a generation or two maybe). But plenty of people are using "legal services" today where real lawyers are barely involved.
- freejazz 4y agoWell, that'd be the illegal practice of law: to draw up a contract for someone based upon their specific inputs and requests. That's actually a big difference from a boilerplate contract that you buy at a store. >Why not? The competition at this level is "Google for a free MS Word template." But I bet plenty of people would pay a hundred bucks for an "AI powered contract generator" instead. Because these aren't templates. This is the practice of law. There would have to be significant legal requirements for a company offering such a service. They'd have to not be able to disclaim their liability (which all the ones I've seen so far do). otherwise, it's just pointless. the company itself would have to be capable of being "disbarred" and in such a way that they couldn't just trivially reform. Those are two things that come to me foremost, but there are probably more.
- safety1st 4y agoExcellent point I hadn't considered!