Ai is a commodity
Repetitive work can be automated further
I saw a tweet today that made me think. The writer stated they just bypassed $350/hr legal work with ChatGPT—and her lawyer signed off on it.
She needed a simple contract. Instead of paying for templated boilerplate, she used ChatGPT to draft it. Showed it to her attorney who replied: “Looks perfect. Nothing I’d change. Who wrote it?”
That’s the inflection point.
LLMs aren’t replacing legal expertise. They’re commoditizing the repetitive 80%: drafting, formatting, and translating intent into structure.
Fact-heavy, rules-based work—legal docs, medical triage, customer intake, notary flows—is ripe for automation. Layer AI on top of contract templates. Add schema validation + signature workflows. Use blockchain for audit and verification.
Suddenly, the human expert becomes QA, not the builder. Margins collapse. Access scales.
The next wave of productivity isn’t just digital—it’s generative + verifiable.
Lawyers aren’t cooked. But their easy money is.
Curious what other professions you think are next?