NOW INSTAPUNDIT SAYS THAT MACHINES ARE GOING TO REPLACE LAWYERS

Now it’s Instapundit saying, in a column posted at USA Today, that automation is going to replace lawyers.  The only concrete example he mentions, however, other than citing a book by another law professor, is a web site that I already pointed out has little potential impact.  
He may well be right that automation will make legal information available to people who couldn’t get it otherwise.  Far be it from me to question the logic of the Instapundit, but I can’t help asking: if automation is mostly going to benefit people who can’t afford lawyers now, how is that going to hurt lawyers?