Source: McKinsey
By Ilona Logvinova
at McKinsey. I’ve been having a lot of conversations with my lawyer friends and colleagues lately over the “rise of the machines”—how generative AI is slated to change, shift, and (gasp) make our line of work obsolete, and generally what the emergence of all this new tech means for the value we bring as lawyers individually and as a profession. As a practicing technology lawyer and as the head of innovation for McKinsey Legal, these questions are both fascinating and tactical for me. In recent months, I’ve been closely reading up on this quickly evolving space and taking some time to form my own perspective.
Generative AI and our opportunity for automation
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but building on the new.” – Socrates
With gen AI, so much of the lawyering that we’re used to doing manually will be easily automated and readily available for our adoption. For many, that’s a scary thought and leads us to wonder if it makes what we do less important or relevant. My perspective is the exact opposite…
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