EV Drivers Don't Trust AI: 15 Surprising Insights into the Legal Community

Earlier this year, I set out to learn more about who we are, and how people feel about the most polarizing questions in our industry today. With the help of friends Stephanie Clerkin, CEDS, RCA and Jonathan Moody , I amassed survey responses from across the industry, including lawyers, in-house, government, service providers and software companies.

However, rather than take the traditional (boring) approach of drawing face-value conclusions from single-variable pie charts, I dug a layer deeper using cross-tab analysis. And rather than take the traditional (boring) approach of respecting causal inference, I've opted for sweeping generalities, ignoring any distinction between causation and correlation.

Before selling your data to Facebook, it's only right to share the results with you here, first.

1. Going to raves can complicate relationships.

(# of raves have you attended) x (relationship status)

2. Attorneys are skeptics. Sales are believers.

(job role) x (agree/disagree: "AI will replace most first pass document review within 5 years")

3. EV drivers don't trust AI. Vans are all-in.

(primary vehicle type) x (agree/disagree: "AI will replace most first pass document review within 5 years")

Has auto-pilot scared EV owners away from AI?

4. Server users burn the midnight oil.

(bedtime) x (primary platform)

Server has some advantages, but restarting workerproc.exe every 30 minutes all night is not one of them.

5. Reveal users know something we don't.

(primary software platform) x ("are aliens real?")

6. Relativity should have an onsite tattoo artist at Fest this year.

(# of tattoos) x (primary platform)

7. Everlaw users are the most romantic.

(# of children) x (primary platform)

Shoutout to the in-house/football fan/android user from Pennsylvania with 6 kids!

7. The public sector makes even more babies than Everlaw.

(employer type) x (# of children)

Key takeaway, public sector Everlaw users are our only hope to exceed population replacement rate.

8. Most software users trust Reddit, Inc. for eDiscovery advice over their primary software support team.

(best source for eDiscovery knowledge) x (primary platform)

Of course, each software has a different support model. Some rely on partners, others offer direct services. But the real winner here is clearly r/ediscovery.

9. Attorneys identify as introverts, sales as extroverts.

(introvert/extrovert) x (job role)

10. EDM fans are not big on commitment.

(preferred commercial arrangement) x (last concert attended)

11. Streamlined collections result in more serious relationships.

(primary collection tooling) tool x (relationship status)

People who chose "just kind of whatever" for collection methodology were 2.4x more likely to select "it's complicated" for relationship status.

12. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a person healthy, wealthy, and in the 55-65 age group.

(age group) x (bedtime)

13. But riddle me this: early to bed, early to adopt AI?

(age group) x (agree/disagree: "AI will replace most human review within 5 years")

14. People with tattoos are more productive working remotely. They swear.

(# of tattoos) x ("are you more or less productive working remotely")

15. Hockey is more distracting than baseball.

(favorite sport) x ("are you more or less productive working remotely")

Have Fun!

That's a wrap. Feel free to copy/share the results however you'd like, but please be respectful. ????

Keep an eye out for a fresh survey in early 2025!