Online kits to do you taxes or make a will are one thing, but robotic doctors and automated architects are another entirely. Tom Meltzer in a story in The Guardian explores how the professions could be at risk in the digital age and what, exactly, that means for lawyers.
“Economists and futurists know it’s not all doom and gloom, but it is all change,” said Meltzer. He cites research by Associated Press reporters who analyzed employment data and found that contrary to popular belief, it’s not the low-skilled, manual labor jobs that are most in peril of being replaced by technology, but instead it was the “traditionally middle-class careers,” like bookkeepers and secretaries. Indeed, we reported earlier this month that when McDermott Will & Emery laid off 25 secretaries, they blamed technology.
