A Texas attorney agrees with a new report which concludes there is no need to worry about robots replacing lawyers and offering their own legal advice… yet.

“I think as a general matter people freak out about AI and they overreact and they panic,” said Josh Blackman, a South Texas College of Law Houston professor whose expertise includes the intersection of law and technology. “The short answer is that computers won’t replace lawyers. They’ll simply assist them in different ways.” 

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