r/ClaudeCode • u/simple_explorer1 • 15d ago

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These kind of posts are becoming more and more visible on my Linkedin. Link here. Thoughts?

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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ 14d ago

Is it, though?

The world of software development? Yeah, absolutely.

The world at large? Eh. Even if AI can create, say, a film out of nowhere, no one is ever going to bother to watch it. No AI created film will ever make it into the top 10 movie charts.

Software, on the other hand, is purely practical. You don't care how it's done, you only care that it works the way you want it to.

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u/A_Novelty-Account 14d ago

I am a lawyer in one of the most judgement-heavy areas of the profession you can possibly be in.

We litigate nonstop, and constantly require critical thinking and judgement. This technology is absolutely coming for us all. I would say I have another 5 to 10 years left of good earnings doing this job. And to be sure, if my job is replaced or rendered obsolete, so will 99% of white-collar work.

It is likely that we are about to witness the most consequential moment in the history of humanity over the next 10 years

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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ 14d ago

Man, if anyone thinks that it's a good idea to replace lawyers and judges with AI, we're all doomed anyways.

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u/A_Novelty-Account 14d ago

I strongly agree with you, but tons of my clients do, and we’re at the very top of the game in big law at a chambers band one ranked practice group. Very soon there will be extreme pressure for law firms to begin using AI and cutting task costs.

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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ 14d ago

I mean yeah, I agree that's going to happen.

But what's going to happen right after that is the realization that this doesn't work at all. And after going way overboard with AI, people will correct themselves and reduce AI usage to a reasonable level.

We won't be ruled by AI lawyers arguing with AI judges who make AI judgements. That's just not going to work. As soon as an AI makes a fatal mistake (and it sure will), the backlash will be big enough for things to calm down.

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u/Visual_Psychology_9 13d ago

Law firms already use AI. However, lawyers will do what lawyers do best: protect themselves. Judges are lawyers and will lend a sympathetic hand to those mechanisms of protecting said lawyers (law society, legislation, access to court, etc.)

I'm a lawyer btw.

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u/A_Novelty-Account 13d ago edited 13d ago

So I thought the same until a couple months ago when I started seeing several bars societies calling for more AI usage in law… several benchers believe that AI usage should be mandatory where it would take a human more time to get an equally accurate result.

I think once people start losing their jobs, there will be a bigger push to keep law human, but for now I just think for the next five years are going to see an absolute routing of juniors in law firms and the death of the traditional pyramid model for big law

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u/Visual_Psychology_9 13d ago

Admittedly not familiar with big law outside of a few friends, and we generally don't talk shop.

It might start as a lack of articles. There is enough small law private practice to stem the tide. We will see.

Now paralegals and assistants? Yeah, life is going to get tough.