@ronfriedmann@wihender@carolynelefant@LexBlog@ChapmanCutler This is a great application of ideas from the book "Zero to One" https://t.co/pbc4St2Ljf to the field and business of law. Startups aren't the only place where we see this innovation dynamic at play. Lawyers and law firms are doing the same things.
@alexgsmith@ronfriedmann@LLRX Glad you liked the post! Just to be clear, the remark about search and ranking was not intended to belittle those problems. They're hard challenges, and they're critical to building intelligent software (AlphaGo is a great example). They're just not "robo-lawyer" capabilities.
For those interested in understanding the limits of Artificial Intelligence today, and why the future looks more promising for the field of law: https://t.co/5jpaoVowKk
@carolynelefant The point is that there are insights to be gleaned, insights that can help in crafting betters argument and surfacing important precedent. How the courts react is really besides the point.
@Jacob_Heller@LeanLawStrategy@casetext @tweetatpablo This piece has a nice overview of waves 1 and 2 and some of the concerns expressed about their limitations: https://t.co/78DmLDTqTk
@LThorneMcCarty has produced what is probably the definitive expression of 3rd wave AI for law: https://t.co/jFYKFfGJwk
@Jacob_Heller@LeanLawStrategy@casetext @tweetatpablo 3rd wave is rather different than CARA. It's about moving past hard-coded logic (1st wave; expert systems) and statistical learning (2nd wave; deep learning) to a new approach that can not only learn faster and better, but can also learn abstractions, rules, and principles.
AI 3rd wave "contextual reasoning" could be a game-changer in law. The ability to apply legal principles to the "context" of cases (facts) then add to that "common sense" reasoning and you have the foundation for new expert systems.
https://t.co/yMRz1ZwY1b
@jogdc@bobambrogi Spot on analysis. This study is comparing apples and oranges.
For case law research it's straightforward to compare services. All you need is a good set of queries to differentiate them. With that in hand anyone can perform the comparison themselves.
case law search algorithms. This is good, since it aligns competition towards helping legal researchers, and not just on producing marketing materials.
For further progress what we need is more individuals in the legal research community (researchers, academics, companies)
@zjrobins@friedmandave@TheEconomist Just litigation. It's a very different problem that requires its own special focus to approach the level of what humans can do.
@friedmandave@zjrobins@TheEconomist We came out of stealth a little over a year ago and have been moving quite fast since then. If you're interested in learning more about what we're up to, check out Clerk:
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