AI is becoming a more integral part of the lives of consumers and businesses alike. Today, more than 85% of people in the US regularly use AI apps like navigation with real-time traffic. It seems like AI is getting smarter all the time. Still, there are plenty of those who believe that AI is not yet ready for prime time, that it will be a long time before AI ever becomes useful, and that AI has issues that will prevent it from being. One of the big issues that dominate news reports about AI is its impact on jobs and employment. So, should lawyers be concerned about AI. Lets check out the website Will Robots Take My Job. While actual robots may not replace lawyers, the opportunity for AI to change our profession is very real. If AI is going to have that significant of an impact on our profession, perhaps we should all understand a little more about what AI is. Let’s start at the beginning - where did AI come from? First “artificial” device to mimic human intelligence were the automatons that were introduced in the Mongol dynasty in the 13th Century. Automatons became more complex up to the Mechanical Calculating Engine invented by Charles Babbage at the beginning of the 19th Century. Since the beginning of the 20th century, we have seen an exponential explosion of computing power. The Exponential Curve for AI lags behind the curve for computing power because having enough computer power to emulate neural networks was one of the threshold innovations needed for AI to take off. Today AI is somewhere between the capacity of a mouse brain and a human brain, but by the end of the next decade AI will be on par with human intelligence and well on its way to surpassing the total intelligence of all humankind by the middle of this century. Entropy is why any organized system eventually disintegrates – sand castles and broken eggs are never spontaneously reassembled. Professor England – a pioneer in the field of quantum biology – first proposed his theory of “Dissipation driven adaptive organization” in 2013 – His theory assumes that the universe operates to spread energy over space, by promoting entropy and disorder; and, to better accomplish this, the universe creates local areas of higher states of order to more effectively disperse energy. Basically, in order to create the most chaos (entropy) the universe benefits from local areas of order. And it turns out that life is an especially effective entropic dissipater.

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Artificial Intelligence
and Its Impact
on Society, Law,
and Lawyers
Brad Pedersen
March 9, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Everywhere

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But Is AI Really Intelligent Yet?

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And AI Won’t Impact Lawyers, Will It?

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The Impacts of AI on Lawyers and
AI Law Are Here Now

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Where Did AI Come From?

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AI Arises Out of Exponential Growth
Exponential
Growth of
Computing for
110 Years
Moore's Law was
the fifth, not the
first, paradigm to
bring exponential
growth in
computing
Moore’s Law is only one example
CalculationsperSecondper$1000
Logarithmic Plot
Year

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The Singularity is Near

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Linear vs. Exponential
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6mxIvIsRhQ&li
st=PLz-xaNyC9s_qOksDIuC_pxyId9U0-Cr7Z&index=1

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The Singularity is Here

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Origin and Infropy
 Infropy (n) –
 The evolution of localized systems from lower to
higher states of order for a limited period of time,
 The yin of local order that enhances the yang of
systemic entropy – tornados, snowflakes
Origin - the latest Prof. Langdon
novel that explores the
relationship between science and
religion with some interesting
answers to the questions:
Why are we here, and
Where are we going?
http://www.pnas.org/content/114/29/7565.abstract
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.038001

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AI Will Meaningful Impact Law and Lawyers
Will the future give birth to a new legal field called “AI
law”? Today AI law feels a lot like privacy law did in 1998.
Some existing laws already apply to AI, especially tort and
privacy law, and we’re starting to see a few specific new
regulations emerge, such as for driverless cars. But AI law
doesn’t exist as a distinct field. And we’re not yet walking
into conferences and meeting people who introduce
themselves as “AI lawyers.” By 2038, it’s safe to assume
that the situation will be different. Not only will there be
AI lawyers practicing AI law, but these lawyers, and
virtually all others, will rely on AI itself to assist them
with their practice.

15. Thank You!
About Brad Pedersen
Brad Pedersen is a patent attorney with more than 30 years of experience in patent law, engineering, business
and entrepreneurship. He is a partner and the chair of the patent practice group at Patterson Thuente
Pedersen, P.A., an intellectual property law firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Brad concentrates his practice
in the areas of high-technology, computer, software and medical device patent prosecution strategy,
licensing and litigation.
Brad can be reached at pedersen@ptslaw.com or (612) 349.5774
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Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A. helps creative and inventive clients worldwide protect, and profit from, their
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