Bill Gates has suggested that in response to robots taking the jobs of humans, there should be a robot tax. As a tax lawyer who builds artificial intelligence (and known as the Taxinator), of course I am going to have some comments. His line of reasoning is that a...
Chatbots are the new black. But this season they have also been the new red white and green – with the Cartland Law Xmas Chatbot. Having just spent 18 months developing legal AI (Ailira) when I went to send a Xmas message out to clients I thought that it...
It is wrong to think of AI as being a computerized human brain. It is not. Instead, AI is a collection of proxy ways of achieving a similar outcome to a human. The process of automation by AI begins with the movement of documents and services and analysis from bespoke...
What has held the legal profession back from change? In my view it is the following things: Existing firm incentives; The conservative nature of lawyers; and Lack of technology Firm incentives Disruptive innovation is by its nature difficult. Doing so within an...
There is pressure all around the world for lawyers to provide more services for less cost. There are more regulations and risks and disputes that require legal assistance, but clients are not willing to pay for it to be completed under the traditional manner. Clients...
