This is part one based on a transcript from ‘Legal Technology: Risk and Regulation’ video of my three-part series commenting on different views on and between technologists and lawyers in legal regulations. This first part of the series reviews existing...
On October 25, 2017, Sophia became the first robot in history to be a full citizen of Saudi Arabia. First of all, let’s assume there is actual citizenship granted, and it is not just a marketing stunt. And so we look at what happens if we create such legal...
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...
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...
