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Fabrice Magar, vice president & general counsel at Cargolux Airlines International, highlighted that AI and technology are tools, not an end. “Innovation is about a culture and an attitude and a willingness.” If we want to implement change, we need first the willingness and the culture of innovation, and then we can use the tool to help us achieve this objective. But we shouldn’t rely on tools to do our jobs for us. “Let’s take our responsibility, be pragmatic, innovative and use AI for what it is.”
Don’t be afraid of new tools like AI, said , a legal director for operations, technology and functions EMEA at Goodyear, summing up what she wanted audience members to take away from the evening. We’ve created this tool--it hasn’t created us. And, she added, it’s important to engage your team--because without your team, you won’t go anywhere.
With things like AI and blockchain, this is a moment in life that’s very exciting, concluded , associate general counsel and member of the executive committee at Franklin Templeton International Services. Let’s use the metaphor of a lawyer as a chef, he said. In the kitchen, a chef may get new gadgets or tech that help them to cook or prepare dishes more quickly or with more agility. There’s room for experimentation and “new culinary territories,” but at the end “we will always need the chef to look at what goes on the table.” The human element remains essential.
Like the panellists, justice minister (CSV) in her opening remarks at the event touched upon three different challenges impacting legal professionals, the first of which was AI. Artificial intelligence is shaping industries everywhere, changing the way lawyers do research and interact with each other, for instance. It’s a challenge to learn how to best use it, but also an opportunity for legal professionals to be able to focus on more strategic aspects. There’s also the implementation of the regulatory framework and the justice system itself-the government, she noted, is aiming to increase the digitalisation of the judiciary system.