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Lawyers’ Job Security in a Near Future World of AI, the Law’s “Reasonable Man Myth” and “Bagley Two”
Part 1 – Does the inevitable triumph of AI robots over human reason and logic mean that the legal profession is doomed? Will Watson be the next generation’s lawyer of choice? I do no think so and have written many articles on why, including two last year: Scientific Proof of Law’s Overreliance On Reason:The “Reasonable Man” is Dead and the Holistic Lawyer is Born; and The Law’s “Reasonable Man,” Judge Haight, Love, Truth, Justice, “Go Fish” and Why the Legal Profession Is Not Doomed to be Replaced by Robots. In the Reasonable Man article I discussed how reasonability is the basis of the law, but that it is not objective. It depends on many subjective factors, on psychology. In the Scientific Proofarticle I continued the argument and argued:
The Law’s Reasonable Man is a fiction. He or she does not exist. Never has, never will. All humans, including us lawyers, are much more complex than that. We need to recognize this. We need to replace the Law’s reliance on reason alone with a more realistic multidimensional holistic approach.
Reason is just one of the things that we humans do, and, as the work of Professor Ariely has shown, it is typically full of holes and clouded by hidden bias. We need the help of computers to get reason done right, to augment our logic and reasoning skills. Do not try to compete with, nor exclude robots from tasks involving reason. You will ultimately lose that battle. Instead, work with the robots. Invite them in, but remain in control of the processes; use the AI’s abilities to enhance and enlarge your own.
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