Artificial intelligence (AI) is a divisive term, drawing stark lines between the supporters who think it will augment lawyers and improve their work in years to come, and those who believe it will one day take lawyers out of law’s equation all together.
Among those curious about the technology’s impact on the profession is Richard Susskind, a scholar and lecturer whose work includes “The End of Lawyers?: Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services.’” In his view, AI “really takes off” in the 2020s, and until then won’t go mainstream. And while he finds it funny that lawyers think “AI is on the way” for them in the next few years, there are valid reasons to be both optimistic and concerned.
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