I was watching The Avengers: Age of Ultron for the 10th time last night. In a scene where Tony Stark and Bruce Banner are debating whether or not to utilize Loki’s scepter to complete the Ultron Program, Tony comments to Bruce that his current digital assistant JARVIS “started out as just a natural language UI.
It’s been a few weeks since part 1 of my series on artificial intelligence in the legal industry. If only AI could improve my writing habits. As promised, in this post I’ll share more detail on the first of the four AI categories I introduced: document work. This is the broadest, busiest, and best understood
AI is buzzing in the legal industry. It’s time to separate hype from reality. I was recently invited to speak on artificial intelligence in law at the annual LMA conference along with an outstanding panel of industry experts (read my summary here). During my talk I offered a simplified view of the AI landscape of
I just returned from the annual LMA conference in Las Vegas where I joined a panel of industry experts to discuss artificial intelligence in law. It was a great event overall, and I have to thank my fellow panelists Elonide Semmes, Mark Greene, Craig Courter and Ryan McLead for their expertise and support. AI in
So much to do, so little time, and only one of you. Last week I noticed a tweet from Danielle Morrill, CEO at Mattermark, with a suggestion that reminded me of similar advice I received long ago from one of my own mentors and friends. I tried to sum up that advice in 140 characters
For large law firms, funding innovation isn’t the problem. Committing to innovation is. You can call me a legal industry specialist, and as such I pay close attention to start-up and investment activity in that space. As reported by my friend and colleague Josh Kubicki and others, there is a clear trend of increased legal
Funding isn’t your mission; building your business is. Entrepreneurs do what they do for a variety of reasons. For freedom, flexibility, as a creative outlet, or simply because they see things differently and don’t want to be told otherwise. Some claim they aren’t “doing it for the money” but however you slice it, we all want
Last week was an intense week of legal innovation discussion, debate and (I hope) progress toward defining what the future of our industry will be. There were a number of great events and gatherings of very smart people, and I was fortunate to meet and spend time with many of them. It was also a
In the 15+ years I’ve been in the legal industry, I’ve never witnessed a more concentrated collection of innovators, entrepreneurs and industry experts together in one place. Surrounding the annual LegalTech conference held last week at the ever-so-depressing Hilton NYC were a number of events and gatherings focused on an important and sometimes controversial topic