If we wipe out the vast majority of white collar jobs in just 10 years, we’re talking complete economic collapse.

No society can possibly absorb that kind of disruption over such a short time.

Also even assuming AI could completely replace lawyers. Lawyers control the legislature. They may not be able to stop your local model from telling you how to do something, but they can stop you from actually doing it without a lawyer.

Even subway train operators in NYC, whose job can be safely automated away, and has been for like 20 years, were able to legally mandate their jobs. I bet lawyers will, too. But the numbers of junior partners, and of paralegals, will dwindle.

But then will we not need more judges and courts?