By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/08/2026This is one of the most consequential coin-tricks, because it's a real convincer for the investors who are funding the AI bubble. The difference is *huge*: "AI can do your job" means you're well and truly screwed. 46/ 1765
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/08/2026If an AI can *really* replace contract lawyers then everyone who needs a contract written or evaluated should be on the side of mass technological unemployment for contract lawyers. The point of contract lawyers is to produce contracts, not to pay their law-school debts and mortgages. 47/ 1614
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/08/2026BUT! If BigLaw's credulous partners are suckered into firing juniors and replacing them with AI that bills $1,200/h for defective contracts, then everyone who needs a contract is on the same side as the contract lawyers - united in opposition to bosses: www.loweringthebar.net/2026/06/its-... 48/loweringthebar.netIt Was Only a Matter of Time: *Both* Sides’ Lawyers Sanctioned for Using AINone of the four lawyers involved will be seeing the inside of this courtroom again for a while. 19813
