Legal Learning And Profession In Times Of AI

- Prof. Avinash Dadhich

The evolution and existence of human civilization are mainly based on its virtue of adapt-ability with new challenges and opportunities with inventions of path-breaking technologies. It had started with the three major inventions; fire, electricity and the Internet, and now the countries around the globe are examining the potential socio-economic, legal and technical challenges and opportunities out of applying new revolutionary technology; Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is the next big thing in the industrial application of technology in all major sectors. When a new disruptive technology emerges in the market, the basic question that strikes our mind is how this is going to affect the professional service sector. And the legal profession and legal education are not exceptions.

What is AI?

If you peel the term ‘artificial intelligence’, then three key elements would come forth. Firstly, the capacity to gather information and facts by the cognitive computing system, secondly to analyse the gathered data, and lastly to make decisions based on the analysis. In layman’s terms, the ability of a computer to reason and perform a task associated with humans is nothing but artificial intelligence.

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