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Really? I would have assumed that attorney is one of those jobs that is going to be hugely disrupted by AI. Should people new to the field bother if they aren't

Really? I would have assumed that attorney is one of those jobs that is going to be hugely disrupted by AI. Should people new to the field bother if they aren't going to be top X% (5? 10?)?

cpursley 3y ago
There's way more to legal work than filling out forms. The AI is going to replace legal assistants, not the attorneys themselves.
abc03 3y ago
For people without the resources, yes. For people that have a problem and resources, no. They pay for the best and want to be sure it‘s watertight.
- esafak 3y ago
  Just get into and through Harvard Law, easy peasy... The best programmers make good money too.
  - toomuchtodo 3y ago
    Quality is determined by a combination of network, reputation, and results, not your Alma mater. Search for a securities or criminal defense attorney, ask around, see if where they got their diploma plays into the referrals you get.
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gamblor956 3y ago
Actual legal work, as opposed to legal-adjacent tasks, will be the last to be disrupted by AI, at least so long as AI means LLM. Law is simply too complicated to rely on something that doesn't have the ability to understand. Doc review staff will be effectively eliminated...but they're already being eliminated by non-AI technology, so AI will just be the last straw.
- kstrauser 3y ago
  I watched a tech demo of an LLM writing code to make a neat little user interface. I would have thought that utterly impossible a couple years ago. I don’t think this would be a good time to start a career drafting contracts.
- oceanplexian 3y ago
  It’s not even the complicated part, these are fields where people still use fax machines and wouldn’t use teleconferencing until they were dragged kicking and screaming through COVID (And even then, lots of courts were like, nah, we’ll just close court for a year, too bad for you) Free market dynamics don’t apply. Healthcare is the same way because it’s controlled by an old guard backed up by the force of law. There is no way to disrupt because the system is rigged.

Really? I would have assumed that attorney is one of those jobs that is going to be hugely disrupted by AI. Should people new to the field bother if they aren't going to be top X% (5? 10?)?

cpursley 3y ago

There's way more to legal work than filling out forms. The AI is going to replace legal assistants, not the attorneys themselves.

abc03 3y ago

For people without the resources, yes. For people that have a problem and resources, no. They pay for the best and want to be sure it‘s watertight.

esafak 3y ago
Just get into and through Harvard Law, easy peasy... The best programmers make good money too.
- toomuchtodo 3y ago
  Quality is determined by a combination of network, reputation, and results, not your Alma mater. Search for a securities or criminal defense attorney, ask around, see if where they got their diploma plays into the referrals you get.

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gamblor956 3y ago

Actual legal work, as opposed to legal-adjacent tasks, will be the last to be disrupted by AI, at least so long as AI means LLM. Law is simply too complicated to rely on something that doesn't have the ability to understand. Doc review staff will be effectively eliminated...but they're already being eliminated by non-AI technology, so AI will just be the last straw.

kstrauser 3y ago
I watched a tech demo of an LLM writing code to make a neat little user interface. I would have thought that utterly impossible a couple years ago. I don’t think this would be a good time to start a career drafting contracts.
oceanplexian 3y ago
It’s not even the complicated part, these are fields where people still use fax machines and wouldn’t use teleconferencing until they were dragged kicking and screaming through COVID (And even then, lots of courts were like, nah, we’ll just close court for a year, too bad for you) Free market dynamics don’t apply. Healthcare is the same way because it’s controlled by an old guard backed up by the force of law. There is no way to disrupt because the system is rigged.