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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
October 2018 Workshop
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- RUN THROUGH -
Introduction, providers and effects – Sharon + Ayisha
Market examples – Aaron + Lewis
AI in the News - Lewis
AI in the Future (academic opinions) – Hannah
Thinking Sensibly About AI – Tom
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KEY TERMS
ALGORITHM – A formula or set of rules that tells a machine how to solve a problem or perform a task.
ANALOGICAL REASONING – Solving problems by comparing to past experiences.
ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS – Advanced learning models based on the biological neural networks of animals,
which can perform more difficult tasks than traditional methods of programming.
AUTONOMOUS – Can act independently and doesn’t require input from a human to function properly.
DATA MINING – Process by which patterns are discovered in large sets of data to extract useful information.
HEURISTIC SEARCH TECHNIQUES – Narrows down search for solution by eliminating incorrect options.
MACHINE LEARNING – Getting machines to act without being programmed to do so (change when exposed to new data)
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Supervised
Deep learning
Question answering
INTELLGENCE processing
Context extraction
Artificial
Intelligence Expert systems Machine Translation
Speech to text
Text to speech
Speech
Image recognition
LAW BANKING
• Data room management • Fraud detection
• Due diligence exercises • Trading
• Disclosure • Compliance
• Document comparison • Risk Management
• Workflow functionality
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Increased Productivity
CONTRACT REVIEW AND MANAGEMENT
• Improves efficiency of document analysis
• Software can review vast amounts of
documents and flag as relevant to case
• Highlight sections which documents have
in common
DUE DILIGENCE
• Speeds up assessment of a business
undertaken by a prospective buyer to
establish assets and liabilities
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Increased Accuracy
PREDICTING LEGAL OUTCOMES
• CaseCrunch - predictive analytics tool which helps
predict an outcome of a case through use of big data
SPOTTING MISTAKES
• AI 10% faster and more accurate than lawyers in
spotting issues with legal contracts
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Reduced Cost
• Performs some processes quicker than lawyers
• More time spent on quality, high-value work
• Less time on low-level, low- value work
• Saves money for firms, businesses and clients
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LAW – LINKLATERS
• Lawyers code solutions directly for clients
• Linklaters Verifi – checks client names – much quicker
- CASE STUDY
NAKHODA
• Built in-house AI platform
• Develop and sell AI services to clients
• Sort types of clients for the banking group
• Ability to answer ‘yes/no’ questions
• Reduces human error
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AI IN THE NEWS
Google withdraws from $10bn Jobs threat from automation UBS trials Netflix-style
Pentagon JEDI contract is overdone, says BoE’s Mark algorithms for trading
contest Carney suggestions
https://www.uobcommercialawareness.co.uk/commercial-affairs-updates
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The Future of AI
ACADEMIC/RENOWNED OPINIONS
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AI is cool…
…but it’s not magic.
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House price
Garden size
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House price
Garden size
House age
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Data → Pattern → Output
House price
Garden size
House age
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BECOMING COMMERCIALLY
AWARE
• Listen to podcasts and keep up with articles Apply the commercial
• Keep up with a company affairs to the relevant
• Keep up with individuals industry
• Learn basic structure of deal/area
• Have a basic understanding of economics
• Know key terminology Listen to podcasts/
read articles
BECOMING COMMERCIALLY
AWARE
SUGGESTED RESOURCES: Apply the commercial
• FT weekly podcast
affairs to the relevant
• FT online subscription industry
• BBC Business Daily
• Finimize Listen to podcasts/
• Bright Network Commercial Update read articles
• Behind the Money