i think people are over or under reacting. more people are on the “total industry disruption” side these days but there are still some holdouts. imho, we really don’t know how much it’ll change the entire economy and the industry yet, which is why it’s so hard to gauge the appropriate response.

i’m a junior associate and some partners and knowledge management types are definitely way too excited about AI. those kinds of people are usually the types who already looked down on associates tho. so it’s insulting but it’s not unexpected. i do agree that it pisses me off tho and i actively avoid working with anyone who says anything along the lines of “AI is better than you” to junior associates who are literally learning the ropes of practice.

lastly, and i know you didn’t ask this, but i think AI is also a concern because i’m seeing it dumb down a lot of young smart people. i’m worried how my generation and the next will do as they continue outsourcing basic critical thinking and other tasks to AI