<s>
Lawbots	B-Operating_System
are	O
a	O
broad	O
class	O
of	O
customer-facing	O
legal	O
AI	B-Application
applications	O
that	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
automate	O
specific	O
legal	O
tasks	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
document	O
automation	B-Application
and	O
legal	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
terms	O
robot	B-Operating_System
lawyer	I-Operating_System
and	O
lawyer	B-Operating_System
bot	I-Operating_System
are	O
used	O
as	O
synonyms	O
to	O
lawbot	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
robot	B-Operating_System
lawyer	I-Operating_System
or	O
a	O
robo-lawyer	O
refers	O
to	O
a	O
legal	O
AI	B-Application
application	O
that	O
can	O
perform	O
tasks	O
that	O
are	O
typically	O
done	O
by	O
paralegals	O
or	O
young	O
associates	O
at	O
law	O
firms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
commentators	O
say	O
that	O
legal	O
AI	B-Application
is	O
technically	O
speaking	O
neither	O
a	O
lawyer	O
nor	O
a	O
robot	B-Algorithm
and	O
should	O
not	O
be	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
such	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
commentators	O
believe	O
that	O
the	O
term	O
can	O
be	O
misleading	O
and	O
note	O
that	O
the	O
robot	B-Operating_System
lawyer	I-Operating_System
of	O
the	O
future	O
wo	O
n't	O
be	O
one	O
all-encompassing	O
application	O
but	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
specialized	O
bots	O
for	O
various	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lawbots	B-Operating_System
use	O
various	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
techniques	O
or	O
other	O
intelligent	O
systems	O
to	O
limit	O
humans	O
 '	O
direct	O
ongoing	O
involvement	O
in	O
certain	O
steps	O
of	O
a	O
legal	O
matter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
interfaces	O
on	O
lawbots	B-Operating_System
vary	O
from	O
smart	O
searches	O
and	O
step-by-step	O
forms	O
to	O
chatbots	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consumer	O
and	O
enterprise-facing	O
lawbot	B-Operating_System
solutions	O
often	O
do	O
not	O
require	O
direct	O
supervision	O
from	O
a	O
legal	O
professional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
levels	O
of	O
autonomy	O
(	O
LoA	O
)	O
are	O
suggested	O
for	O
automated	O
AI	B-Application
legal	O
reasoning	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
legal	O
AI	B-Application
solutions	O
are	O
developed	O
and	O
marketed	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
customers	O
or	O
consumers	O
,	O
whereas	O
other	O
applications	O
are	O
tools	O
for	O
the	O
attorneys	O
at	O
law	O
firms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
already	O
hundreds	O
of	O
legal	O
AI	B-Application
solutions	O
that	O
operate	O
in	O
multitude	O
of	O
ways	O
varying	O
in	O
sophistication	O
and	O
dependence	O
on	O
scripted	O
algorithms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
notable	O
legal	O
technology	O
chatbot	B-Application
application	O
is	O
DoNotPay	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2016	O
report	O
,	O
Deloitte	O
estimated	O
that	O
more	O
than	O
110,000	O
law	O
jobs	O
in	O
just	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
alone	O
could	O
disappear	O
within	O
the	O
next	O
twenty	O
years	O
due	O
to	O
automation	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Top	O
law	O
schools	O
like	O
Harvard	O
have	O
already	O
begun	O
to	O
integrate	O
Artificial	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
into	O
the	O
curriculum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
automation	B-Application
of	O
processes	O
like	O
contract	O
reviewing	O
,	O
enforcement	O
of	O
negotiations	O
(	O
smart	O
contracts	O
)	O
and	O
client	O
intake	O
(	O
expert	O
systems	O
)	O
allows	O
law	O
firms	O
to	O
streamline	O
their	O
procedures	O
and	O
improve	O
efficiency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
automation	B-Application
benefits	O
small-to-medium	O
law	O
firms	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
the	O
resources	O
to	O
utilize	O
junior	O
talent	O
on	O
such	O
routine	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
research	O
in	O
subjects	O
such	O
as	O
Computational	O
Privacy	O
,	O
Explainable	O
Machine	O
Learning	O
,	O
Bayesian	O
Deep	O
Learning	O
,	O
Knowledge	O
Intensive	O
Machine	O
Learning	O
,	O
and	O
Transfer	B-General_Concept
Learning	I-General_Concept
reveals	O
that	O
we	O
do	O
not	O
yet	O
have	O
the	O
technology	O
to	O
enable	O
Level	O
4	O
to	O
6	O
AI	B-Application
lawbots	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
