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Aug. 18, 2009

Riding the Tech Waves

What will inevitable technological advances mean for the practice of law, asks Vance Woodward.

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By Vance A. Woodward

The "technological singularity" is now the byword of futurists. The concept is that information technology has been advancing exponentially and will continue to do so for the next 30 or so years such that super-advanced technology will materialize. By "super-advanced" technology, try such things as the cure for aging let alone cancer, artificially intelligent robots, or "Ais," that can truly interact on a human le...

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