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Artificial Intelligence robot Pepper dances for the audience during the We Robot 2016 conference held at the UM Law School.[/caption]
If you were at Legalweek back in 2017, you may have heard a lot about artificial intelligence (AI) decimating the white collar work force. The hysterics were understandable, given the amount of mainstream and industry press documenting AI as wreaking havoc across industries, particularly legal. Luminance CEO Emily Foges remembers these days. In fact, at Legalweek 2018, she told me that she’s witnessed “a really big change” in attitude toward AI. “Last year, the tone of all of our discussions was, ‘Ok, I’m very worried about this,'” she said, pointing to impressions taken from listening to luminaries like Elon Musk and legal academic Richard Susskind. “I think that fear has pretty much dissipated now. I think everybody recognizes that this technology is useful. It’s going to help you. It’s going to help you compete. It’s going to make the work more interesting. Because it’s not taking away the fun part—it’s taking away the boring part.” In this podcast, Foges discusses lawyers “getting sick of the robot lawyer shaking hands,” not having to ever “share a platform with Pepper again,” and how Luminance, along with other technologies, are already making corporate law firms more competitive. [falcon-embed src="embed_1"]