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Agree. Now imagine the same thing in less developed and/or less well off countries.

There was a post here a few weeks ago about a UK court being inundated with some kind of claims (unfair dismissal?). To submit a claim you do not need a lawyer, but the process is (intentionally?) vague and very complicated, so it takes a lot of effort to figure it out yourself. But AI makes that kind of stuff easy.

AI is not going to replace layers billing big corporate clients millions a month, but it will replace things that are fairly standardized processes, that don't require a lawyer, but today are just too complicated for regular people.

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> To submit a claim you do not need a lawyer, but the process is (intentionally?) vague and very complicated, so it takes a lot of effort to figure it out yourself.

I'm not sure there's quite accurate. The form is really not that difficult to complete.

It's basically: Party details, type of claim, particulars, damages

Obviously knowing these details requires some legal knowledge but I actually think ET claims are easy enough to bring if you've got the time to do a little research and build your case. Almost all ET judgments are public so there isn't the usual difficulty with research as you get with law reports being restricted either.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bcbd214a666...

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> AI is not going to replace layers billing big corporate clients millions a month, [...]

On the margin, AI will drop these guys' billable hours.

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> In my experience, it is incredibly hard, practically impossible, to find a lawyer who will even talk to you.

Really? I find them quite talkative. But I'm not sure what kinds of questions you are pestering them with?

In any case, the whole discussion reminds me of people using LLM to replace medical professionals.

For both: unless you have a doctor or a lawyer always on standby, you have to make a decision on whether to even go and seek out one of these professionals. By definition, you make that decisions without professional help. I think LLMs can help you there with the initial research to decide whether it's even worth it to contact the professionals.

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