Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the legal field
Linked (https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/artificial-intelligence-is-rapidly-reshaping-the-legal-field-7326212/) 7 Jun 2026
Takeaways
• Law firms are hiring talent from the tech industry as they integrate AI and develop bespoke tools for clients.
• They’re adapting their pricing models, in some cases offering a choice between services provided by AI and full-fledged legal advice from human lawyers.
• Firms are also contemplating how to restructure as they turn over routine tasks to AI and need fewer junior associates.
Hindsight / Insight / Foresight
• One of the 8 sectors Heru Investments focuses on is LegalTech. I wonder if they foresaw or see this kind of development growing and, thus, want to invest in businesses operating in this direction.
Businesses are letting AI gains go to waste, study says
Linked (https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/businesses-are-letting-ai-gains-go-to-waste-study-says-8914154/) 6 Jun 2026
Takeaways
• A recent study by Boston Consulting highlights a significant increase in employee adoption of AI tools, with 74% of non-managerial white-collar workers using them regularly.
• More than 4 in 10 of those professionals report that AI saves them at least a day’s worth of time every week.
• Many companies face challenges converting those efficiency gains into measurable value, and the technology’s impact varies across industries.
Hindsight / Insight / Foresight
• When it comes to AI, according to the study’s authors, “strategy matters more than tools.”
• I wonder whether part of why they’re facing challenges converting gains into value is because they’ve yet to offer employees a focused direction toward AI use (e.g., toward a shared vision than mere productivity goals).
The hot new field for a high-paying job: moral philosophy
Linked (https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/the-hot-new-field-for-a-high-paying-job-moral-philosophy-7338164/) 6 Jun 2026
Takeaways
• Philosophy has become a potentially lucrative career path, as top AI firms seek expert guidance on questions of ethics and technology.
• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a September 2025 interview that the he relied on the help of “hundreds of moral philosophers” when designing ChatGPT. In turn, more universities are investing heavily in programs for philosophers who focus on AI.
• Some academics say the rush to meet market demands could compromise the quality and integrity of philosophical inquiry.
Hindsight / Insight / Foresight
• An important aspect of academic learning remains an ideal of learning for learning’s sake. It gives space for esoteric ideas rooted in the abstract. If philosophy is rendered subservient to market demand, something will be lost as part of natural, intrigue-based inquiry. (Bias confession: I studied philosophy in college, and my Superpower #2 is “Pursue your interest, not your capital.”)
Most K-12 teachers say AI’s impact on education will eclipse the internet or computers
National Public Radio (https://www.npr.org/2026/06/05/nx-s1-5779757/school-ai-education-students-teachers-poll-critical-thinking) 5 Jun 2026
Takeaways
• An NPR/Ipsos poll of K-12 teachers found that nearly 3-in-4 believe AI has bigger implications for education than past innovations like the internet or computers.
• Many are using it to save time and improve their teaching materials, but a majority of teachers are worried AI is making it harder for students to learn to think for themselves.
• “They have serious concerns about AI’s impact on how they relate to their students and how students relate to each other.” (Mallory Newall, a senior vice president at Ipsos)
• A resounding majority of polled teachers — nearly 8-in-10 — think schools should teach responsible use of AI.
• A little more than half of teachers say the technology isn’t being used in class by students at all, while about 2-in-5 teachers say students are using it in class at least once a week.
• Meanwhile, a majority of teachers polled — 6-in-10 — say they’ve used AI themselves to help with work tasks.
• A veteran biology teacher says she’s had success using AI to generate multiple choice questions for assessments. “That’s something that normally, as a teacher, would have taken you probably upwards of an hour … and it minimized the entire task to five minutes. That’s helpful.”
• A majority of surveyed teachers who report using AI on work-related tasks say it saves them time, but most — 63% — say that time savings equates to two hours or less per week.
• A math teacher and instructional coach says she’s found AI useful for coming up with professional development activities for her fellow educators. But she doesn’t use AI with her students. And Purcell says it isn’t reliable enough to generate math questions.
• “It’s a pain in the butt to go through and see where the mistakes are, and I feel like if I have to do that, I might as well just write the question myself.”
• More than half, 54%, of polled teachers say AI makes it harder for students to learn analytical thinking skills.
Hindsight / Insight / Foresight
• I expected and wanted to read more on the student-to-student interaction piece of this development. In what ways can AI be utilized to increase and deepen human-to-human interaction in education? I’m asking because the AI agentic era demands constant learning as work, and that shift in work structure requires mental health support systems that only humans can give to each other.