Top Adviser warns of out-of-control autonomous robot lawyers

Mark Walker, an eDiscovery adviser, author and frequent commentator, advocated Wednesday for "creating rules that govern how we use Artificial Intelligence (AI) with legal technology lest we unleash on humanity a set of autonomous robot lawyers that we don't know how to control.”

 “I’ve spent my entire adult life serving lawyers. Non-lawyers like myself have a hard-enough time now getting the human kind to listen", Walker stated.

Is AI Replacing Lawyers and their Staff?

By Mark G. Walker, VP Advisory Services and Susan Kavanagh, Senior Advisor -iControl ESI

Introduction
Don’t shoot the messenger! You can’t make this stuff up. Or can you? There have been several articles recently suggesting that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is creeping into the legal arena and that “Lawyers could be the next profession to be replaced by computers”. That’s literally the title of a recent CNBC “Future of Work” article.

“The legal profession — tradition-bound and labor-heavy — is on the cusp of a transformation in which artificial-intelligence platforms dramatically affect how legal work gets done.”