&gt; It is a little self-serving to say &quot;Yep, this is possible and we are the ones doing it.&quot;<p>Fair enough. :) Though I tried to be a little more nuanced than that.<p>To be clear, I don&#x27;t think AI will <i>replace</i> lawyers any time soon. It&#x27;s just making them more efficient. Our customers are layers, not people looking for legal services.<p>&gt; Excel didn&#x27;t replace the Accountant.<p>Great analogy. We don&#x27;t think AI is going to replace lawyers any time soon, but it will make them more efficient (and potentially eliminate some of the lower-tier staff, like what technology has done to pure &quot;bookkeepers.&quot;)<p>&gt; I think it is more than just the interactions with clients or making them &quot;feel good.&quot;<p>Sorry if I didn&#x27;t make it clear, but I do think lawyers still provide a lot of value which AI can&#x27;t easily replace. There&#x27;s a reason we didn&#x27;t have an AI write our equity plan.<p>&gt; I think the traditional structure of the firm serves many more purposes than just specifying a hierarchy for task assignment.<p>That might be true, but remember that associates are expensive. If the budget for them has pressure applied on it and with AI you can get away with 1 associate instead of 5, that&#x27;s going to change the legal track substantially.