AI Won't Replace Lawyers... Or, Will It?

My perhaps too candid thoughts about AI's effect on the legal profession

Trigger warning: today’s post is not for the faint-hearted. Read at your own risk.

A common mantra among legal technology vendors and AI thought leaders goes something like this: “AI won’t replace lawyers, it will help make lawyers more productive and free them up to practice at the top of their license, to engage in higher value and more interesting wor…