Lawyers
Yes, it’s true: AI-hype men maintain that lawyers could some day be replaced by chatbots. Does it sound insane? Yes. Is it insane? Definitely. Still, that’s what people are saying: Reuters recently reported that robot lawyers may be a thing in the not too distant future, explaining chatbots’ apparent ability to accurately draft legal briefs. Then there’s the legal services company DoNotPay, which has bizarrely offered $1 million to any lawyer willing to let its “Robot Lawyer” algorithm make their legal argument for them in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. DoNotPay’s chatbot is set to argue a traffic ticket in real court on Jan. 13. Suffice it to say, doing legal defense via algorithm sounds like one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard but such is the way of the future.
