u/No_Head1258

To frame where I'm coming from, I will start by saying "Death to AI, of course"

Having said that, I do feel compelled to understand the changes in the world.

I'd been hearing about how some companies were curtailing AI use bc it was becoming too expensive. I had also been hearing about how large law firms weren't hiring articling students bc they were leaning hard into getting AI instead. I don't understand either very much, I'm wondering if anyone with insight foresees that this will become a problem (as outlined in the linked article) for law firms who rushed in too hard and heavy?

(two asides:

My employer recently wanted us to start trying AI more, and despite my feelings, I felt the need to give it a fair shake. I'll admit it could be a skill issue but I'm already efficient and do exactly what's needed of me, so it hasn't been worth the bother. I asked the AI why I couldn't do something simple and useful like a boolean search and the respone it gave was along the lines of "yeah these new tools are not going to be helpful to someone who already knows what they are doing and will actually make things more difficult but there's no way around it, it's the way of the world now, there are no work arounds and no going back"

Also the idea of not hiring articling students or junior lawyers and leaning in on chatbots seems short sighted and ultimately detrimental to the profession at large but I'll freely admit I know nothing about big law and how they feel about anything other than this year's bottom line.)

https://www.404media.co/the-tokenpocalypse-is-here-companies-are-scrambling-to-stop-spending-so-much-on-ai/

probably the closest I've ever come

This is fairly even-handed reporting. Johnny Wakefield might be the finest court reporter in the country.

(Although this is an unfortunate typo: "Canadian courts require proof beyond a reasonable doubt — one is found guilty because they “probably” committed a crime, said former RCMP homicide detective Neil LeMay. ")

https://edmontonjournal.com/feature/edmonton-police-nina-dumais-ashley-rattlesnake-canada-justice-system

(I guess the rules require a discussion question, so my questions are, Is this fair reporting? Are you aware of other good court reporters in the country?)