Best analysis I’ve seen on the impact of AI on the practice of law. A key quote:

[M]ost of the short-term claims being made about its impact on lawyers and the courts hugely overstate its likely impact. More significantly, I think that most of the long-term claims hugely understate its impact.

Read the rest of it.

Thanks to Jennifer Wondracek for putting this on my radar screen, to Richard S. Granat for introducing me to this thinker and to Richard Susskind for being truly brilliant.

My article on AI, Susskind and the ABA’s eLawyering Project will be ready soon. Watch this space.