This lightning talk was presented to the Minnesota Association of Law Librarians on May 19, 2017. It is an overview of the state of artificial intelligence in the legal industry with a brief glimpse of where we are headed.

1. Artificial Intelligence: Hope or Hype?
Milena Higgins, PhD, MS-MOT
May 19, 2017
MALL Spring Meeting, 2017
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2. ROADMAP:
1.Evolution of AI
2.Hype cycle
3.Exemplar players
4.Assessment
5.Information Professionals
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3. My fascination with AI began in 2014
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5. STATE OF AI IN LEGAL TODAY
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6. Growing list of LegalTech AI
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• Lex Machina
• RAVN
• ROSS
2015
20+
2017
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8. Lisa NDA Visabot ... ROSS CasePoint
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9. Lisa
NDA
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10. ROSS
Legal Research, Supercharged
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11. Research Objective:
• Assess impact of ROSS-
assisted use cases
• Bankruptcy law
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12. How Well Did ROSS Do?
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13. How Well Did ROSS Do?
30%
over Boolean
22%
over Natural Lang.
Research Time
43%
More relevant
authorities retrieved
Retrieval Quality
200% - 500%
ROI
$8.5 – 13K
add’l revenue / atty
+
Business Impact
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14. Are we there yet?
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15. Lisa NDA Visabot ... ROSS CasePoint Next
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16. AI around the corner
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17. Information Professionals
KEEP IN MIND:
• AI - peak of inflated expectations
• Understand both AI capabilities and limits
• Use professional judgment to “check” the work of AI
• Like people, AI systems need training; will get better over time
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18. IT’S THE
FUTURE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: HOPE OR HYPE?
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19. Thank you!
612-229-0877
milena@audacious.legal
https://audacious.legal
@milenahiggins
I help lawyers embrace change
• Client-centric service design
• Innovation coaching + consulting
• From solo to big law
• Law firms, legal departments, legal
tech providers, and more
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