Tech Central: Legal Technology, AI, And The Evolving Role Of The Lawyer

Technological advancements and AI, or artificial intelligence, are affecting the business and legal worlds in increasing ways, challenging the tasks historically ruled by humans. From gaming to complex legal analysis, AI is rapidly making inroads to our daily lives.

It was back in 1997 that IBM's supercomputer, Big Blue, first defeated Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov. More recently, Alphabet Inc. developed an AI software system that defeated a European champion at the game Go, a complex game with a nearly limitless number of possible moves that was thought to be one of the few areas that might be AI-proof. Computer-driven systems that had tried to tackle the game previously were simply overwhelmed by the vast options available, while the human mind seemed better suited to tackling and filtering those options. But not anymore.