&gt; The true value of a lawyer is their judgement, analysis ability, and their power of persuasion.<p>I agree. We&#x27;re not going to be seeing AI <i>replacing</i> lawyers any time soon.<p>That being said, I think you are downplaying the efficiency gains which come from AI and lawyers working together, especially when it comes to bespoke work.<p>For your example, diffing two patents is indeed something which still requires human intelligence. But there are ways of making the process of comparison more efficient by automatically correlating similar claims, providing references inline, etc.<p>This goes beyond the easy wins which come from &quot;better spelling, grammar, and cite checking software&quot; (which are themselves non-negligible).