How can AI help Lawyers?
Overview
When you think of artificial intelligence, it's easy to pull in visions of beeping, whirring robots from science-fiction movies. Truth is, AI is far more cerebral than that (pun intended).
For an attorney, artificial intelligence technology can manifest itself in several ways, from enhanced legal research and deep analytics insights all the way down to basic customer service. Ergo, it's important to realise that the term artificial intelligence doesn't necessarily denote one thing. AI can represent several technologies and capabilities.
Guidance
Artificial intelligence, machine learning and legal research
Do a lot of legal research? You'll be particularly interested in machine learning.
Machine learning gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed. Machine learning constructs algorithms that can learn from and make predictions about data. Such algorithms operate by building a model from example inputs in order to make data-driven predictions, or decisions, rather than following strictly static program instructions.
In other words, when used properly, machine learning helps you dig deeper into your research. It can find ancillary topics that can be relevant to your search, spot connections between seemingly unrelated subjects and even offer suggestions to your search queries.