Why General AI Alone Is Not Enough for Legal Work
Artificial Lawyer
2mo · 10 min
‘AI-powered’ has become the most overused phrase in legal tech — this piece argues general-purpose AI alone can't do the job without legal-specific engineering underneath it.
Few terms in legal technology have become as overused as ‘AI-powered.’ Not to mention over-hyped.
Today, virtually every legal tech vendor claims that they have AI solutions capable of handling complex legal work, while general-purpose AI providers themselves also tout legal capabilities. This creates confusion and a crowded market where buyers struggle to distinguish between a fit-for-purpose AI solution and a chatbot dressed up in legal clothing.
Underpinning this confusion is a general lack of knowledge about what AI can do for counsel, and what it can’t. We thought it was time to change that.
General-purpose AI has unquestionably changed the legal landscape by creating serious efficiency gains for both legal teams and law firms. AI can summarize and analyze repositories of contracts, redline documents, and accelerate research in ways that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago.
There’s no denying that general AI is incredibly capable, but it’s important to recognize that capability alone is not enough.
General-purpose AI vs purpose-built tools
General AI models are trained to be broadly useful across an enormous range of tasks; think of it as a jack-of-all-trades and master of none. They are trained on vast collections of publicly available information and are optimized to generate plausible, contextually relevant responses.…
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