"Imagine if I'd been working on a brief due in an hour. While the legal profession debates AI hallucinations, privacy risks, and the adoption curve, some fundamental threats that lurk beneath the surface are being ignored. The fact is AI development could stall and systems malfunction, as explored here. And as explored in a future post, is it possible we never get to the point where the efficiency gains from its use fully offset the time needed to verify output?"
"Vendors touting the magic of AI, developing ever increasing and more sophisticated programs running off AI platforms to do more and more mysterious and mystical things. Pundits and commentators urging legal adoption at warp speed. Predictions that AI will disrupt what lawyers do and how they do it by a generation that barely has any practical or hands-on experience. A belief in an ever and exponential expansion in what AI can do."
A Cloudflare outage froze AI tools for hours, exposing operational fragilities in AI-dependent workflows. The legal sector faces intense hype, rapid investment, and growing reliance on AI despite limited hands-on experience. AI scaling requires vast numbers of chips, expensive data centers, and significantly more energy, potentially exceeding current supply and necessitating new power generation. These infrastructure and supply constraints risk development stalls, system malfunctions, and verification burdens that could negate efficiency gains. Overreliance on AI without accounting for these material limits creates tangible operational and strategic risks for legal practice.
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