NOTE MAKING
Q1 Read the passage given below:
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making a difference to how legal work is done, but it isn’t the threat it is
made out to be. AI is making impressive progress and shaking up things all over the world today. The
assumption that advancements in technology and artificial intelligence will render any profession
defunct is just that, an assumption and a false one. The only purpose this assumption serves is creating
mass panic and hostility towards embracing technology that is meant to make our lives easier.
Let us understand what this means explicitly for the legal world. The ambit of AI includes recognizing
human speech and objects, making decisions based on data, and translating languages. Tasks that can
be defined as ‘search-and-find’ type can be performed by AI.
Introducing AI to this profession will primarily be for the purpose of automating mundane, tedious tasks that
require negligible human intelligence. The kind of artificial intelligence that is employed by industries in the
current scene, when extended to the law will enable quicker services at a lower price. AI is meant to automate
a number of tasks that take up precious working hours lawyers could be devoted to tasks that require
discerning, empathy, and trust- qualities that cannot be replicated by even the most sophisticated form of AI.
The legal profession is one of the oldest professions in the world. Thriving over 1000 years; trust, judgement,
and diligence are the pillars of this profession. The most important pillar is the relationship of trust between a
lawyer and clients, which can only be achieved through human connection and interaction.
While artificial intelligence can be useful in scanning and organizing documents pertaining to a case, it
cannot perform higher-level tasks such as sharp decisionmaking, relationship-building with valuable
clients and writing legal briefs, advising clients, and appearing in court. These are over and above the
realm of computerization.
The smooth proceeding of a case is not possible without sound legal research. While presenting cases
lawyers need to assimilate information in the form of legal research by referring to a number of relevant
cases to find those that will favour their client’s motion. Lawyers are even required to thoroughly know
the opposing stand and supporting legal arguments they can expect to prepare a watertight defence
strategy. AI, software that operates on natural language enables electronic discovery of information
relevant to a case, contract reviews, and automation generation of legal documents.
AI utilizes big-data analytics which enables visualization of case data. It also allows for creation of a
map of the cases which were cited in previous cases and their resulting verdicts, as per the website
Towards Data Science. The probability of a positive outcome of a case can be predicted by leveraging
predictive analytics with machine learning. This is advantageous to firms as they can determine the
return on investment in litigation and whether an agreement or arbitration should be considered.
(a) On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, make notes on it using headings and
subheadings. Use abbreviations and a format you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate
title to it. (5)
(b) Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words. (3)
