In this episode of TechLaw10, Punter Southall Law’s Jonathan Armstrong & Eric Sinrod, Professor, and Duane Morris LLP attorney, chat with a returning special guest, Jill Kawakami. This is episode 302 in the popular TechLaw10 series. You can listen to earlier podcasts here. Jill, Jonathan & Eric discuss several issues, including:
- how AI has changed law firms
- what are the concerns of junior lawyers, and what do they want from a post-AI world?
- the economics of the use of AI in the law
- what seems to be the world’s first ban for a lawyer for hallucination
- some of the positive uses for AI in the law
- the issues with access to justice
- the impact on privilege
- how law firms can grade AI use
- how law firms can deal with the scrutiny gap
- what some law firms are doing to train their lawyers
- the issues with token wastage
- the latest figures on AI reducing headcount
- the issues with AI anxiety
- AI displacement
- the impact on diversity & social advancement
Jonathan talks about the Abhishek Kumar case. There’s a copy of the Tribunal’s judgment here.
Jonathan & Eric refer to Damien Charlotin’s database on hallucinations, which is here. There’s a summary of hallucination cases in the UK, including the Ayinde case, which Jonathan mentions here. The NYSBA paper Jonathan talks about is here.
Jonathan also talks about the EU AI Act. FAQs are here. A glossary of AI terms is also available here. You can find out more about Jonathan Armstrong here. You can find out more about Eric Sinrod here.