Enrico SchaeferFouning Attorney, Litigator and Ousdie Counsel - IP, Tech, TRAVERSE LEGAL, PLC · Founding Partner @ TRAVERSE LEGAL, PLC | AI, Blockchain, Social Media, Internet

99% lawyers don’t know how to learn AI. #ai

7 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief talk, the speaker argues that most lawyers mistakenly believe there is a magical training program that will instantly teach them how to use AI. After three years of experience helping lawyers adopt AI, he emphasizes that real competence comes from hands‑on exploration: using the AI tool itself as an instructor, clicking through its interface, and asking the tool to explain features. The core requirement is a personal commitment to continuously learn and experiment with AI, especially because peers are already adopting these tools. He urges lawyers to start today to stay competitive.

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Here's what every lawyer gets wrong about AI, is that there's some magic potion or formula or training or program that will teach you how to use it. And I do offer some training for people who want to learn how to use AI. But the reality is this, after 3 years of working with lawyers and law firms and working with individuals trying to get them scaled up on AI, You can provide them little insights into how these tools work, but at the end of the day, it's up to you. You have to decide that you're going to jump in. And it's not like brain surgery. The tools themselves, if you dig into them and you ask the tool itself the questions about how to best use it, you've got your instructor right there. It is the AI tool itself. And you just need to get in and dig and keep digging deeper, keep going. Wider. Play around with all the, the, the links and the buttons to find out what you can and cannot, uh, manipulate, what types of features you can activate. If you see a feature you don't know what it is, ask the AI to explain it to you. The one thing that you need in order to become the top lawyer using AI tools is the AI tool itself and your commitment to learn about AI. And if you haven't done that yet, you better start today because the attorney next door is already doing it.