alt Hacker News> analyzing large amounts of texts, drawing conclusions and writing other texts based on that and nothing more
The same could be said about programming. Or if you want to be even more reductive, looking at a screen and pressing buttons to make the correct lights light up https://xkcd.com/722/
Philosophically or metaphorically speaking - yes.
But in my comment it is literally what some subset of lawyers do.
Literally is much more tangible and risky in terms of real impact on employment etc.