As we discussed in our recent piece «Robot, Esq.: Four Reasons Lawyers Shouldn't Fear AI and Automation Legal Tech», there are critical limitations on the ability
of existing, non-general AI to replace human beings in legal practice — including the truly bespoke nature
of certain tasks, the
lack of sufficiently relevant and tailored data sets to train algorithms to handle even semi-bespoke tasks (given the complex cocktail
of idiosyncratic considerations that good legal counsel comprises), and the non-empirical or data - driven aspects
of the practice
of law — involving emotional
intelligence, communication, and persuasion — which I believe are core to providing effective legal services.