Yesterday, I made a trip to London and attended the Artificial Intelligence conference organised by the Society for Computers and Law.
It was a fascinating day.
I undertook a really deep dive into AI, both in respect of the blue sky debate about how it will make itself manifest in our world, and focusing on the practical changes it will mean to legal practice.
One of the smaller changes to my own practice is that this blog will now host from time to time a podcast on matters concerning costs and litigation funding.
You can listen to the first episode now.
You will note that the podcasters, are an American man and woman, who have picked up on one of my articles and are debating some of the ideas and concepts I am putting forward.
But there is one intriguing detail.
Those people don’t exist.
Instead, I have used an AI tool to upload one of my articles, and instructed the AI to create a podcast from the text of it.
You will hear slang, metaphor, summaries, keypoints, tonal inflection and dialogue.
They debate with vigour, and trade insights.
But none of it is real.
All of it has been created by AI.
Food for thought.

Futuristic in the present. Thank you for presenting the changes in such an exemplary applied way Andrew. I really like the practicality. Can I please ask question. What do you think about ethics & AI in law – where are the boundaries? I will reach out on Linked in