Only one type of lawyer will survive the AI wipeout

www.afr.com · 2026-08-21 · by Long Nguyen ·generic
After a legal win over humans using artificial intelligence, judges may be the only survivors. Futurist Greg Baker predicts which jobs bots won’t replace.

Only one type of lawyer will survive the AI wipeout

Emma McGrath-Cohen

Emma McGrath-CohenReporter

Updated Aug 20, 2026 – 3.14pm, first published at 5.00am

The computer science lecturer who used artificial intelligence to beat Macquarie University in an industrial relations stoush has a grim summary of the future of the legal profession: carnage.

Greg Baker caused a stir when he used AI agents to run a successful case against the real lawyers representing the university in the Fair Work Commission.

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