In this episode, I chat with Uwais Iqbal, founder of Simplexico, an AI company that provides education, design and development services tailored for legal teams looking to leverage AI. 

We discuss the meaning of AI, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing in a way that’s relevant to lawyers, the gaps between AI hype and reality, promising real-world AI use cases for legal teams, and how best legal teams can go about leveraging AI and evaluate AI vendors.

The points we discuss in this episode along with the corresponding time stamps are set out below:

1. Introduction (0:09)
2. What are some important basics about AI that legal professionals need to know? (1:56)
3. How are AI concepts applied in the legal sector? (5:40)
4. What are the gaps between hype and reality in legal applications of AI? (10:01)
5. What are promising use cases for legal applications of AI? (13:05)
6. How should legal teams explore AI in their organisation? (15:23)
7. How should tools and vendors be evaluated? (18:13)
8. Where is AI for legal applications placed on the Gartner hype cycle? (20:52)
9. Reach out to Uwais (24:12)