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Academics and lawyers face AI disruption as new tech rapidly emerges

Academics are being urged to mobilize as higher education institutions rapidly adopt AI technologies, with one source highlighting the speed at which new acronyms like TESCREAL are emerging. Separately, concerns are being raised about the future of the legal profession, with predictions that AI will significantly disrupt or eliminate legal jobs in the coming years. AI

IMPACT AI's rapid advancement is prompting calls for academic mobilization and raising concerns about job displacement in professions like law.

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of opinion pieces and social media posts discussing the impact of AI on academia and the legal profession, rather than a specific event or release.

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Academics and lawyers face AI disruption as new tech rapidly emerges

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Trying to get PhDs to mobilise because HE is rolling out AI faster that you can unpack the acronym TESCREAL ( @ timnitGebru , 2024) # AI # PhDLife # AcademicCha

    Trying to get PhDs to mobilise because HE is rolling out AI faster that you can unpack the acronym TESCREAL ( @ timnitGebru , 2024) # AI # PhDLife # AcademicChatter # Universities # HE

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · Tesseks ·

    Why would you want to get a career in law if AI will, without a doubt, put you out of work in the next few years? # lawyers # ai

    Why would you want to get a career in law if AI will, without a doubt, put you out of work in the next few years? # lawyers # ai