In today’s world, artificial intelligence (A.I.) is a hot topic, influencing everything from cooking recipes and workout plans to travel arrangements. The legal industry is no exception, with a flood of advertisements promoting A.I.’s potential to revolutionize legal services for both lawyers and clients. However, the reality is that A.I. has had minimal impact on the practice of law to date.
While A.I. can assist law firms with marketing and virtual tasks, it remains unreliable in the intricate and nuanced realm of legal services. No reputable lawyer would depend on A.I. to draft contracts or provide legal advice without personally reviewing the end product – doing so could jeopardize their license and professional integrity.
This concern extends to writing a will. As everyone needs a will, the online market may soon become saturated with platforms promising comprehensive documents, only to deliver subpar A.I.-generated templates. It’s crucial to understand that A.I.-generated wills lack the reliability required for such a significant legal document. Current A.I. technologies aggregate vast amounts of historical data, often outdated by a year or more, making them ill-equipped to handle the specificities and stakes involved in will creation.
That doesn’t mean A.I. isn’t useful in the process of creating a will online. Large language models and A.I.-based chatbots have the potential to bridge the gap between the current “do it yourself” model that most online will builders use, and the bespoke guided approach a client gets when they hire a lawyer to write their will. A.I. can help to ask the right questions, explain concepts, and clarify user intentions before translating that information into structured inputs that an online will maker needs to generate a will. In other words, the role of the lawyer in the meeting room—asking the right questions and making sense of complex decisions—can be enhanced by A.I.
Nevertheless, when it comes to generating the actual will itself, we recognize that A.I. cannot replicate the expertise and judgment of a qualified lawyer—at least not now or anytime soon. Instead, we have developed an online will creator rooted in the specific knowledge and experience of a licensed attorney, rather than the algorithms of a language model.
Succession Wills was born from the collaboration between a seasoned lawyer and a skilled software engineer, resulting in a superior product that you can trust. While A.I. has its role, choose an online will creator that provides genuine reliability and expertise.
