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Lawyers do not need a deep technical background to become advanced AI builders, says Andrew Simon, Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ chief AI and innovation officer. His comments come as the firm runs an AI-focused summer programme for first-year law students.
Why it mattersSimon’s point, reported by Above the Law via Law.com and the ABA Journal, is that the skills can be learned. It’s a useful nudge against treating AI expertise as a club with a computer-science-only guest list.
Discuss: Should professional AI training focus on deep technical foundations, or on teaching people to build useful tools in their own fields?
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