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5-10 years... "biglawyers" = lamplighters out of work

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exciting shivering place of business
  07/18/25
God willing
Overrated Spectacular Church Dysfunction
  07/18/25
Inshallah
exciting shivering place of business
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peach casino fanboi
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exciting shivering place of business
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nickel endimed
mind-boggling gaping
  07/18/25
What happens next though? Clearly we still have lawyers ...
low-t puppy
  07/18/25
Interesting point. Here in shitlaw, I have people calling m...
yellow bipolar native son of senegal
  07/18/25
What is the bulk of your business
Learning Disabled Abusive Shrine
  07/18/25
The single biggest area is rural real estate law. Evictions...
yellow bipolar native son of senegal
  07/18/25
lol 180
canary yapping senate knife
  07/18/25
180
Learning Disabled Abusive Shrine
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buff address
  07/19/25
prole squabbles, llp
Metal out-of-control generalized bond house
  07/18/25
UBI is a must and these gains in income (from LLM technologi...
Diverse base incel
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exciting shivering place of business
  07/18/25
how about we just have billionaires who "lord" ove...
sinister jet-lagged institution
  07/18/25
Don't count on a 10 year horizon. Get your retirement money ...
Red Shitlib
  07/18/25
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exciting shivering place of business
  07/18/25
I’ve used Lexis and westlaw’s AI. Still not impr...
Pearl provocative brunch
  07/18/25
I'm not sure what sort of tools biglaw is using, but AI capa...
Scarlet Nighttime Kitty Cat
  07/18/25
It’s pretty crap right now and often in law there&rsqu...
Medicated Irate Boistinker
  07/18/25
Yeah I think this is horseshit cope tbh. Models like o3 pro ...
Scarlet Nighttime Kitty Cat
  07/18/25
It pushes out shit legal work product riddled with hallucina...
Medicated Irate Boistinker
  07/18/25
Also, the law isn’t just pure logic or even complex lo...
Medicated Irate Boistinker
  07/18/25
Coping fag hello
Medicated Irate Boistinker
  07/18/25
You're just wrong about AI capabilities and AI's ability to ...
Scarlet Nighttime Kitty Cat
  07/18/25
Not only that but it basically only has to be good enough to...
henna apoplectic hunting ground philosopher-king
  07/18/25
Why don’t you explain why I’m wrong instead of s...
Medicated Irate Boistinker
  07/19/25
Just respond to chatgpt and ask it for the pro-legal AI argu...
Effete Gunner Theater
  07/19/25
Current reality supports the anti-AI argument. AI law produ...
Medicated Irate Boistinker
  07/19/25
OP also thought Excel would eliminate accountants
Indecent Crotch Water Buffalo
  07/18/25
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Supple Sickened Locus Black Woman
  07/19/25
I wish.
Fishy macaca temple
  07/18/25
Its barely any better than a google search was 6 years ago. ...
Flickering Principal's Office
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Date: July 18th, 2025 4:16 AM
Author: exciting shivering place of business



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Date: July 18th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Overrated Spectacular Church Dysfunction

God willing

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Date: July 18th, 2025 4:53 AM
Author: exciting shivering place of business

Inshallah

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Date: July 18th, 2025 5:46 PM
Author: peach casino fanboi



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:49 PM
Author: exciting shivering place of business



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Date: July 18th, 2025 4:53 AM
Author: mind-boggling gaping

nickel endimed

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Date: July 18th, 2025 6:33 AM
Author: low-t puppy

What happens next though?

Clearly we still have lawyers and law firms, but perhaps the firm headcount drops to 10% the current headcount, and AI/software picks up the slack.

In that world, is the firm owned by just a handful of partners? Do law firms start to act like lean software companies? When does a U.S. firm IPO?

The counterpoint btw is that we just do a lot more work that was prohibitively expensive before. For example, I probably see 25+ cease and desist letters for every lawsuit, because letters cost $5-10k and lawsuits cost $100k to initiate and $5M+ to litigate through summary judgment. If cost of litigation drops [80%] people may file many more lawsuits. There could be an analogous dynamic on the corporate/business side.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111194)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 9:00 AM
Author: yellow bipolar native son of senegal

Interesting point. Here in shitlaw, I have people calling me virtually every day because their "friend" cheated them out of $300 or something. I tell them it doesn't make financial sense to pursue that and they start crying. There's a big untapped market out there for adjudicating squabbles among proles.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111342)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 9:28 AM
Author: Learning Disabled Abusive Shrine

What is the bulk of your business

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111384)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: yellow bipolar native son of senegal

The single biggest area is rural real estate law. Evictions, construction disputes, zoning issues. Tons of lawsuits over exactly who owns some piece of land, often with a rotting mobile home sitting on it. Average client expenditure is about $3000, but that varies wildly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111405)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 9:54 AM
Author: canary yapping senate knife

lol 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111430)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:15 AM
Author: Learning Disabled Abusive Shrine

180

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Date: July 19th, 2025 7:10 AM
Author: buff address



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:19 AM
Author: Metal out-of-control generalized bond house

prole squabbles, llp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111464)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 9:46 AM
Author: Diverse base incel

UBI is a must and these gains in income (from LLM technologies)for the technologists or corporations replacing people with chatbots needs to be scrutinized and tracked ASAP to start determining the amount owed to the american citizenry

it's critical

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111414)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:50 PM
Author: exciting shivering place of business



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49113498)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:56 PM
Author: sinister jet-lagged institution

how about we just have billionaires who "lord" over us and poors who you could say serve or maybe "serf" them and then anyone who doesn't go along with this gets to die

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49113524)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 9:47 AM
Author: Red Shitlib

Don't count on a 10 year horizon. Get your retirement money as soon as you fucking can

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111417)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:50 PM
Author: exciting shivering place of business



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Date: July 18th, 2025 9:50 AM
Author: Pearl provocative brunch

I’ve used Lexis and westlaw’s AI. Still not impressed. It helps, it certainly makes us more productive, but major reductions in headcount? Also, everyone keeps saying wait another year. But we’re a couple of years in and the capabilities (at least as applied to law) seem about the same.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111420)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 9:57 AM
Author: Scarlet Nighttime Kitty Cat

I'm not sure what sort of tools biglaw is using, but AI capabilities have skyrocketed over the past two years and there's no reason that wouldn't apply to law if it applies subjects that are at least as complex.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111435)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: Medicated Irate Boistinker

It’s pretty crap right now and often in law there’s no objectively correct answer unlike coding or whatever. Here’s a better explanation why law is harder to master for AI than coding.

Coding is governed by strict syntax and deterministic rules. A given input in a programming language will always produce the same output if the code is correct.

• Legal analysis involves ambiguous language, conflicting authorities, policy tradeoffs, and context-sensitive reasoning—skills that require human judgment and real-world understanding.

AI has been trained on massive open-source code repositories like GitHub, with clear labels, documentation, and results. This data is abundant, consistent, and high-quality.

• Legal data is more fragmented:

• Case law is often behind paywalls.

• Court decisions may be long, inconsistent, or involve complex procedural postures.

• Outcomes are not always “correct” or universally agreed upon.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111495)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: Scarlet Nighttime Kitty Cat

Yeah I think this is horseshit cope tbh. Models like o3 pro can absolutely handle textual nuance and complex questions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111500)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Medicated Irate Boistinker

It pushes out shit legal work product riddled with hallucinations or misstatements of the law.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111526)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 11:24 AM
Author: Medicated Irate Boistinker

Also, the law isn’t just pure logic or even complex logic, unlike coding, there’s no single correct answer to the important questions that get litigated, the legal background is often contradictory and nuanced so you can’t just train it easily.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111634)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:04 PM
Author: Medicated Irate Boistinker

Coping fag hello

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111710)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:10 PM
Author: Scarlet Nighttime Kitty Cat

You're just wrong about AI capabilities and AI's ability to generate responses when there isn't an objectively correct answer, there isn't much else to say. If anything law being subjective bullshit will make it easier to automate. When I deal with ai skeptics these days I mostly just wait for reality to prove them wrong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111715)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 5:46 PM
Author: henna apoplectic hunting ground philosopher-king

Not only that but it basically only has to be good enough to replace paralegals and juniors to have an enormous impact, which it pretty much already has

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49112807)



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Date: July 19th, 2025 7:23 AM
Author: Medicated Irate Boistinker

Why don’t you explain why I’m wrong instead of saying “I’m just wrong” with no explanation?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49113912)



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Date: July 19th, 2025 7:26 AM
Author: Effete Gunner Theater

Just respond to chatgpt and ask it for the pro-legal AI argument to the answer it just gave you

(delete the em dash next time you retard)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49113914)



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Date: July 19th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: Medicated Irate Boistinker

Current reality supports the anti-AI argument. AI law products are pretty shit for any complex practice.

No doubt that people who rely on making money through teams of 20 paralegals filling out forms and doing rote tasks will change a lot but automating such repetitive thoughtless tasks is entirely different than writing a compelling brief based on nuanced and complex facts in an uncertain area of law.

It most likely will be similar to how word processing eliminated a lot of support positions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49114500)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 9:58 AM
Author: Indecent Crotch Water Buffalo

OP also thought Excel would eliminate accountants

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111438)



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Date: July 19th, 2025 1:33 AM
Author: Supple Sickened Locus Black Woman



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: Fishy macaca temple

I wish.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111468)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:24 PM
Author: Flickering Principal's Office

Its barely any better than a google search was 6 years ago. Add on top that people using it are dumber. All AI is going to do is maybe help the few smart people left do stuff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751717&forum_id=2...id#49111741)