In the last 10 years, Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) has become a buzzword hovering over many industries, including the legal industry. It is a concept that we all think we understand based on the media or our own experiences with Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri or IBM's Watson. Yet, the fact is that the majority of us have little to no understanding of AIs current practical application in our own industry or what it may mean to our practices tomorrow. To some, the potential of AI spreading and growing throughout the legal sector feels almost Orwellian‐like partners or worse—replacements—who will deliver better, faster, and cheaper legal services. In this article we will answer the questions so many family lawyers seem be asking about AI: What is it really? Why are so many people so enamoured with it? And how will it impact legal services, especially for small firms or sole practitioners today and into the future?

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人工智能与家庭ODR

在过去的十年中，人工智能（“ AI”）成为流行词，笼罩在包括法律行业在内的许多行业中。基于媒体或我们对亚马逊的Alexa，苹果的Siri或IBM的Watson的经验，我们都认为这是一个概念。然而，事实是，我们大多数人几乎或根本不了解AI目前在自己的实际应用中行业或对我们明天的实践可能意味着什么。在某些人看来，人工智能在整个法律领域中传播和发展的潜力使人们感到像奥威尔式的伙伴，或更糟的是，替代者，他们将提供更好，更快和更便宜的法律服务。在本文中，我们将回答许多家庭律师似乎对AI提出的问题：这到底是什么？为什么这么多人迷恋它？它将如何影响法律服务，特别是对于今天和未来的小公司或个体从业人员？