What should legal professionals know about learning to work with AI? Relativity provides AI visionaries’ tips for legal professionals!

As discussed in the post titled (wait for it!) From Hesitation to Mastery: AI Visionaries’ Tips for Legal Professionals (written by Kristy Esparza and available here), the AI Visionaries are the legal professionals who cannonball into the deep end—and help others do the same.

So, Relativity asked a few of the 2025 AI visionaries: What should legal professionals know about learning to work with AI? Here is one response:

Educate yourself on what makes a good—and not-so good—AI provider.

AI tools aren’t one-size-fits-all, and not every vendor is a fit. Ben Sexton, senior VP of innovation and strategy at JND eDiscovery, emphasizes the importance of choosing providers who are honest about their tools—and willing to listen:

“We’re still early in the ‘AI-enabled future,’ and today’s products have strengths and weaknesses. A good provider will be transparent about where their products succeed and where they might not. Be cautious if you attend a demo and don’t feel heard, or if your questions weren’t answered directly and satisfactorily. Trust your instincts.”

If a provider can’t answer your questions clearly, move on. The right partner will be upfront about the strengths and limitations of their models, as well as how they approach security and privacy. You can also refer to resources like the NIST AI Risk Management Framework to understand what responsible AI should look like—and use that as your benchmark in vendor evaluations.

So, what are some of the other AI visionaries’ tips for legal professionals? Find out here, it’s only one click! I’m sure you can envision it! 🤣

So, what do you think? Are you an AI visionary or an AI skeptic? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

Image created using Microsoft Designer, using the term “robot lawyer putting on glasses and seeing the future”.

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