The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Law Firms

Once the stuff of science fiction (who remembers Captain Kirk's concern that he might be replaced by the advanced M5 supercomputer?), artificial intelligence (AI) is today very much a part of our reality. And while it's easy to pick up where Captain Kirk left off and worry that the explosion of AI will take all the work and leave the current labor force with nothing to do, a report from MIT predicts that AI will actually create as many jobs as it eliminates. That goes for the legal world, too. According to Marek Bardonski, Managing Partner & Head of AI at Sigmoidal, "AI is here to help lawyers and researchers by taking over the mundane and tedious tasks, leaving more time for business-critical procedures." The removal of the drudgery that pervades law should be cause for celebration.