Do androids dream of electric sheep? Or why I’m not scared of robot lawyers

Do androids dream of electric sheep? Or why I'm not scared of robot lawyers

The 1982 Sci-Fi classic Blade Runner tells the complicated story set in 2019 of cyborgs with artificial intelligence who were largely indistinguishable from humans.

The test that Harrison Ford’s character, Rick Deckard, administered was aimed at distinguishing these “replicants” from humans based on their emotional response.

While very few lawyers get compared to a Harrison Ford character, such a storyline reminds us there are fundamental differences between the emotional capacity of lawyers and computer-based intelligence.Australian law firms are currently investing millions of dollars in AI-based document automation, contract reviews and even solutions for clients. There is no doubt this improves productivity […]

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