{"slug": "only-one-type-of-lawyer-will-survive-the-ai-wipeout", "title": "Only one type of lawyer will survive the AI wipeout", "summary": "Greg Baker, a computer science lecturer, used AI agents to win an industrial relations case against Macquarie University in the Fair Work Commission, and he predicts that only one type of lawyer will survive the AI wipeout, describing the future of the legal profession as 'carnage'.", "body_md": "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.\n\nGreg 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.\n\nLoading...", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/only-one-type-of-lawyer-will-survive-the-ai-wipeout", "canonical_source": "https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/judges-may-be-the-only-survivors-of-law-s-ai-carnage-futurist-20260819-p60pla", "published_at": "2026-08-21 07:55:48+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-21 08:14:18.413528+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Greg Baker", "Macquarie University", "Fair Work Commission"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/only-one-type-of-lawyer-will-survive-the-ai-wipeout", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/only-one-type-of-lawyer-will-survive-the-ai-wipeout.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/only-one-type-of-lawyer-will-survive-the-ai-wipeout.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/only-one-type-of-lawyer-will-survive-the-ai-wipeout.jsonld"}}