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The Legal AI Value Stack: Five Levels of Defensibility
After Anthropic’s legal plugin triggered a $285B selloff, everyone’s asking which legal AI companies will survive.
Published on Helen's Legal AI Lab
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May 8
What a Belize dive guide taught me about tech
Most lawyers approach AI tools the way over-equipped tourists approach scuba diving. There’s a better way.
May 8
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Ernie the Attorney
AI Is Getting More Expensive Than Your Team
Anthropic spent $7 billion on compute last year. Your next AI bill is going to be bigger too.
May 5
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Ernie the Attorney
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AI fails silently. That's the problem.
Why good lawyers keep citing cases that don't exist.
May 1
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Ernie the Attorney
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April 2026
AI isn't a tool anymore. It's a collaborator.
And the people who can't guide other humans won't be able to guide it either.
Apr 28
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Ernie the Attorney
3
You're not behind on AI. You're just missing an R&D department.
Solo and small-firm lawyers can't keep up with AI alone. They don't have to.
Apr 24
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Ernie the Attorney
3
The Best Prompting Advice Came From a Writing Teacher
The Best Prompting Advice Came From a Writing Teacher
Apr 21
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Ernie the Attorney
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The tech recommendation problem nobody talks about
Why the people advising you on software might be the worst ones to ask.
Apr 17
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Ernie the Attorney
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March 2026
I polled lawyers about AI tools. The results were revealing.
ChatGPT dominated. But the comments told a different story.
Mar 20
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Ernie the Attorney
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The real reason most lawyers won't adopt AI
It's not complexity. It's not cost. It's something nobody talks about.
Mar 17
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Ernie the Attorney
4
Your best tech investment is the one you resist most
It's not glamorous. It's not AI. But it might save you more time than anything else.
Mar 13
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Ernie the Attorney
3
Getting the best AI results (it's not what you think)
It's not about the prompts. It's about something much simpler.
Mar 10
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Ernie the Attorney
3
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