Why AI Will Never Be Charismatic.

Every week I heard someone telling me that lawyers will be replaced by Artificial Intelligence(AI)pretty soon. I always respond in the same way. AI can speed tasks, but it cannot replace the spark of human connection that only a lawyer can bring to the practice of law.

As lawyers we continue to integrate AI into our professional and personal lives, but empathy, trust and presence will never be replaced by an algorithm in our day-to-day practice of law.

As Aristotle said, “Man is by nature a social animal”. (c. 350 B.C.E.). “Politics”.

Also, the bestselling author Vanessa Van Edwards has pointed out in the book “Cues: Master the secret language of charismatic communication”, Penguin Random House (2022), that humans “are social animals. We evolved to get along in groups. So, we’re constantly telegraphing information-about our social status, our potential as mates, and our intentions. Similarly, we’re constantly alert to social information others are sending to us”.

She also said that “Researchers find that nonverbal signal account for 65 to 90 percent of our total communication”.

For those reasons, in a world growing more digital every day, social connection, trust and charisma will always be the centre of our law practice, and -that’s precisely something that AI will never could do-, as it’s our greatest advantage as humans and lawyers.

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