Canadian Lawyers and Generative AI: Some Suggested Starting Points for the Overwhelmed
How will generative AI impact the legal profession? This was the big question in late 2022 when ChatGPT was first released. How would this seemingly magical word machine collide or coexist with a profession that is, if not “essentially word merchants” (to use phrasing in a New York Times article), certainly deeply engaged with language?
Much has changed over the last two and a half years. To give just one illustrative example: fueled by hundreds of millions in investment, there are now over 500 legal tech tools that incorporate generative AI. The interest, money and work being poured into . . . [more]