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janalsncmyesterday at 10:32 PM2 repliesview on HN

The typical pattern is called “deskilling”. It doesn’t usually mean a skilled profession will disappear overnight. Instead, the job might be done by less expensive folks like paralegals.

An example is in the banking industry, where making a loan used to require deep analysis of a person’s credit worthiness. Now they use an algorithm (credit scores) which means someone with less experience can do it.

If law follows the same pattern, a job done by someone making $500/hour might be done by someone making $50/hour.


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samtpyesterday at 10:34 PM

If you think paralegals + AI can do the job of good lawyers you don't understand the profession at all.

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