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Tom Martin aka @lawdroid
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🚨 I'm excited to get my Manifesto out into the world!! If you're curious about how to make sense of the AI revolution in the legal industry, read my manifesto. It's short, sweet, and provocative. 🔥

It's published on Writebook, an amazing and free platform. Thanks @jasonfried.bsky.social! 🙏
books.lawdroidmanifesto.com
"𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝟯𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀."
@Ted Theodoropoulos's job at Bank of America wasn't impacted by the 2008 financial crisis.
But watching what happened to others?
That changed everything. "𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘆." Ted had been...
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗜 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 $𝟱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝟮𝟳-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝗱."
Ted Theodoropoulos landed Maersk Sealand—the largest shipping company in the world—right out of the gate. While working at Microsoft. As a side hustle. 𝗛𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮..
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"𝗜𝗳 𝗜'𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗢𝗜𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲." Ted Theodoropoulos just said what many are thinking but won't say publicly.
He's a Microsoft partner. Former Microsoft employee. Loves Microsoft. But Copilot? 𝗜𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼. "It's really...
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲? 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝗜𝗧 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁?"
Ted Theodoropoulos just cut through the noise.
Here's what keeps happening: Law firms decide to build their own intranet. Custom development. Full control.
Then halfway through the project?...
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"𝗕𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼." Ransom Wydner has watched this tragedy play out over and over.
Remember 2022? When companies got early access to GPT-4?
Everyone thought they'd found gold...
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴."
Ransom Wydner sees something most people miss about AI.
The same force disrupting commercial tech companies... Is actually a GIFT to access to justice. Here's the paradox: In the commercial world, AI that gets better and cheaper every...
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲"
Ransom Wydner spent his entire 20s believing this lie. He was in 4 bands at once. Had a record contract. Songs on the radio. All the markers of "making it." But he was broke. Then something shifted. 𝗛𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼f
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗷𝗼𝗯𝘀."
That statement from @Ransom Wydner stopped me in my tracks.
For years, we told ourselves AI would replace warehouse workers and drivers first...
And we were almost comfortable with that.
But the reality?
𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀...
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Elastic Intelligence, a new mental model for problem solving…

open.substack.com/pub/lawdroid...
Elastic Intelligence: Beyond Bodies, Bounded Rationality, and Billable Hours
Where I explore how AI frees intelligence from the limits of population and time
open.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The AI Law Professor: When the new AI model disappoints - Thomson Reuters Institute www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/...
The AI Law Professor: When the new AI model disappoints - Thomson Reuters Institute
GPT‑5’s rollout demonstrates that as AI becomes more autonomous, law firms and other industries should commit to principled governance.
www.thomsonreuters.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Reposted by Tom Martin aka @lawdroid
Congrats to our friend @lawdroid.bsky.social on the launch of #LawAnswersAI nationwide (🇺🇸 ) 🎉

A bold step toward tackling America’s #AccessToJustice crisis. Technology can (and must) dismantle barriers to justice.

Read more from LawNext: buff.ly/OUCC596

#JusticeTech #TechForGood #JusticeForAll
LawDroid Launches LawAnswers AI Nationwide: Revolutionary Platform Tackles America’s Access to Justice Crisis
Cutting-edge legal information platform aims to bridge the gap for millions of Americans unable to access legal help   VANCOUVER, CANADA – September 4, 2025 – LawDroid, a pioneering legal technology…
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September 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Fake Thinking: AI Agent's Chain-of-Thought "Reasoning" Is More Pattern Than Logic But May Be Still Useful
www.lawdroidmanifesto.com/p/fake-think...
Fake Thinking: AI Agent's Chain-of-Thought "Reasoning" Is More Pattern Than Logic But May Be Still Useful
Where I explore how large language models create compelling illusions of reasoning that vanish under scrutiny, and what this means for legal practice
www.lawdroidmanifesto.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
AI is Like Ozempic: How the Shame of Using AI in Law Practice Mirrors Anxieties About Drug-Aided Weight Loss
www.lawdroidmanifesto.com/p/ai-is-like...
AI is Like Ozempic: How the Shame of Using AI in Law Practice Mirrors Anxieties About Drug-Aided Weight Loss
Where I explore why high-performing lawyers whisper about their AI use and what our technological shame reveals about authenticity
www.lawdroidmanifesto.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The New C-Word: How Silicon Valley's Latest Slur Reveals Our Deepest Fears About the Future, by @lawdroid open.substack.com/pub/lawdroid...
The New C-Word: How Silicon Valley's Latest Slur Reveals Our Deepest Fears About the Future
Where I explore why we're already insulting robots and what that says about our fear of being replaced
open.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🚨 Excited to share my appearance on the The Florida Bar's LegalFuel Podcast, talking about "𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗜" with Christine Bilbrey, MBA and Jamie Moore and how its 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲.
www.legalfuel.com/agentic-ai-i...
Agentic AI: Impacting The Business of Law and the Future of Law Practice | LegalFuel
www.legalfuel.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄!! At @goclio's virtual AI Summer Camp for Law Firms, running August 5–8.. 🏕️ I’ll be going deep on AI prompting recipes that busy legal professionals can use to speed up their work.

Registration link: www.clio.com/events/webin...
AI Summer Camp for Law Firms
Join this free virtual summer camp for legal professionals, Aug 5–8. Learn practical AI skills and earn CLE credits in quick, daily sessions.
www.clio.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM