On November 7, 2025, the “AI vs. Barristers - Legal Man-Machine Duel” seminar was successfully held in the star-studded conference hall of the Sea Shell Conference Hall of Sanya Haitang Bay Mangrove Resort & Spa. The top forces from the legal profession and the science and technology sector gathered together to discuss the boundaries, value and future of legal services in the era of AI, centering on three wonderful human-machine duels, which became a landmark event in the course of the fusion of law and science and technology.
I. Conference speech: the symbiosis between AI and law
At the beginning of the seminar, a number of industry leaders made speeches on stage to set the tone for this summit showdown. Mr. Tian Wenchang, the founder and honorary director of King&Capital Law Firm, sent a message through online. He pointed out that the core value of this duel does not lie in the winners and losers, but in exploring how AI empowers legal services and improves the efficiency and quality of the industry.
Mr. Chu Changzhi, Managing Partner and CEO of King&Capital Law Firm, used the metaphor of “dressing up for winter” to emphasize the need for lawyers to break down their inherent concepts and proactively embrace the changes in the industry brought about by AI.
Mr. Chu Changzhi, Managing Partner of Kyoto Law Firm
King&Capital Law Firm Haikou Branch Director Du Yu shared the vision of building a digitally intelligent law firm, in which top lawyers sparred with the legal AI model AMICUS and the universal model Doubao, aiming to explore the relationship between AI and legal people, and to show the characteristics of AI and the advantages of legal people. She put forward the core idea that “lawyers who make good use of AI will surpass those who don't”.
Cai Jianjun, General Manager of Beijing Huayu Yuandian Information Service Co., Ltd. introduced the product logic and future vision of legal AI, emphasizing that the original intention of its product “amicus” (friend of the law) is to create a collaborative environment between humans and machines, not to replace legal professionals.
The initiator of this event, Mr. Liu Lijie, Senior Partner and Head of Criminal Department II of King&Capital Law Firm, shared that the idea of this event originated from a real-life scenario in which the presiding judge was nearly misled by the illusion of AI in a recent criminal case, which triggered his opinion on the question of whether “lawyers and AI work together to persuade the judge” or “AI losing control and misleading the judge”. This triggered him to think deeply about whether “lawyers and AI work together to persuade the judge” or “AI goes out of control and misleads the judge's judgment”. He hopes that through this multi-dimensional game between AI and lawyers, the possibility of “human-machine symbiosis” in the legal industry will be further explored.
Three peak duels: witnessing the collision of professionalism and intelligence
(I) The first game: litigation business - accurately cracking practical problems
The first game focused on the core professional issues of litigation business, Xia Jun, Meng Fan, Zhou Wenda, Chen Deling, Jia Yan, five senior lawyers appeared in turn, and the AI model to start a head-to-head battle. From the identification of self-surrender in the case of duty crimes, the customer's response to the inquiry of “judicial relationship”, to the family's communication strategy to release the client after the plea of guilty, to the differences in the path of civil and criminal protection of virtual currencies, property service contract disputes, lawyers rely on the deep practical experience, rigorous logical analysis and humanistic care, to give the The lawyers, with their profound practical experience, rigorous logical analysis and humanistic care, gave answers that were both professional and warm.
YuanDian AI and General Model DouBao showed the unique advantages of artificial intelligence in case retrieval, information summarization, comprehensive perspective and rapid response.
In the commenting session, Cao Shuchang, Wang Zaikui, and Zhang Chunxi, the three commenting guests, each focused on sharing their insights. Mr. Cao Shuchang mentioned that AI's efficiency in basic work such as searching legal articles and integrating cases is incomparable, but it lacks the dynamic thinking of human lawyers in handling complex cases; Mr. Wang Zaikui emphasized that AI can accurately reproduce existing knowledge, but lawyers' value judgments based on their accumulated experience and their keen capture of clients' emotions are difficult for technology to reach; and Counselor Zhang Chunxi pointed out that the humanistic care and substantive justice integrated by several lawyers in their answers were very important to AI. Zhang Chunxi pointed out that the humanistic care and the pursuit of substantive justice incorporated by several lawyers in their answers make legal services transcend the purely technical level, which is precisely the core competitiveness that is difficult to be simulated by AI at present.
(II) Game 2: Lawyer Growth Session - Exploring the Core Propositions of Career Development
The second round of the duel centered on the growth and career planning of lawyers, with three lawyers, Wang Xinlong, Changsha and Liu Zhihui, discussing the three major issues of “the balance between legal rationality and empathy”, “the irreplaceable value of lawyers in the age of AI” and “the choice of professionalization paths for young lawyers” respectively. The three lawyers shared their insights on three major topics: “Balance of Legal Rationality and Empathy”, “Irreplaceable Value of Lawyers in the Age of AI”, and “Young Lawyers' Path to Professionalization”. Combined with their own professional experiences, the lawyers put forward such distinctive views as “taking professionalism as the cornerstone and empathy as the increment”, “AI is a tool rather than a rival”, “accumulating food in the early stage and choosing specialization in the middle stage”, etc., which provide a clear guidance for the professional development of young lawyers. It provides practical guidance for the career development of young lawyers.
YuanDian AI and General Model DouBao highlight the advantages of AI in topic dismantling, logic sorting and system construction. YuanDian AI system integrates the industry law and policy guidance of lawyers' career development, divides the differentiated strategies of different career stages and business fields, and presents comprehensive and rigorous analysis dimensions; DouBao focuses on practical application scenarios, and extracts core concepts such as “rationality as the core, empathy as the fit”, “technology empowerment + professional deep cultivation” and so on. Beanbag, on the other hand, focuses on practical application scenarios and extracts core methods such as “rationality as the core, empathy and adaptation”, “technology empowerment + professional cultivation”, and provides a concise and intuitive action framework, which is easy to quickly understand and implement.
Li Xiujuan and Zhang Libin highly affirmed the depth of thinking of the lawyers, pointing out that AI can't replicate the social responsibility, professional ethics and innovative thinking of lawyers, and that lawyers should make good use of AI to improve their efficiency, while strengthening their own comprehensive quality and value judgement, and realizing professional upgrading in the synergy of man and machine.
(III) The Third Round: Law Firm Management Session - Decoding the Code of Specialization and Scale Development
The third round of the duel focused on the management and development of law firms. Wang Yaoqin and Wang Fei discussed two major topics, namely, “the balance of brand, risk and profit under the management mode of head office” and “the core points of standardized management and professional construction of law firms”. Starting from the organizational attributes and human capital characteristics of law firms, the lawyers put forward management ideas that take into account institutional constraints and humanistic care, strategic positioning and implementation, and emphasized that the development of law firms needs to achieve the organic unity of institutional protection, resource integration and cultural cohesion.
YuanDian AI and Universal Big Model DouBao show AI characteristics in management model classification, risk point combing and mechanism design. YuanDian AI disassembles the advantages and disadvantages of different management modes such as direct management, franchising, semi-direct management, etc., and builds a balance model of brand, risk, and revenue by combining legal regulations and industry cases; DouBao focuses on the practical level, and refines “system closure”, “professional focus”, “synergy”, ‘efficiency’, and “synergies”. Beanbag focuses on the practical level, extracts the core points of “system closure”, “professional focus”, “synergy”, and gives the concise management suggestions suitable for law firms of different sizes, taking into account the professionalism and practicability.
Chu Changzhi, Fu Hengsheng two guests combined with industry practice, pointed out that standardization and specialization is the development of law firms “two wings”, AI can provide technical support for the management of law firms, but ultimately need to return to the core of the “people”, through the scientific distribution mechanism, But ultimately, it is necessary to return to the core of “people” and realize the sustainable development of law firms through scientific distribution mechanism, talent cultivation system and cultural construction.
Technology Review and Comprehensive Summary: Anchoring the Future Direction of Human-Machine Symbiosis
Chang Cheng, the person in charge of Huayu Yuandian's legal AI amicus product, introduced the training logic and optimization direction of the AI model from a technical perspective, emphasizing that the core value of AI is to become a “professional assistant” for lawyers, and to provide support for lawyers' professional judgments through the integration of huge amounts of data and accurate search. He said that in the future, AI will realize the deep synergy with law firms and lawyers through the construction of personalized knowledge base.
Mr. Yang Zhaodong, senior partner of King&Capital Law Firm, made a comprehensive comment as the grand finale, taking “AI is an assistant, not an opponent” as the core viewpoint, pointing out that the profession of lawyers is a synthesis of the accumulation of knowledge, the art of communication, and the summing up of experience, and that it is difficult for AI to replace human beings in the areas of emotional resonance, empirical judgment, and value weighing. He called on lawyers to fully understand AI, enthusiastically embrace AI, make full use of AI, and adhere to the original heart and mission of lawyers in the wave of technology.
Moderator Yang Dakang believes that from 2016, when Lee Sedol vs. AlphaGo opened the precedent of human-machine gaming, to 2025, when we gather senior lawyers to fight against Doubao and Yuandian AI at the peak of the game, this is a vivid portrayal of the development of science and technology and the progress of the industry. The most precious value of this seminar lies in the on-the-spot game under the same problem - there is no predetermined answer, there is no definitive conclusion of superiority or inferiority, but an open and equal exchange platform for the professional experience of lawyers and the technical advantages of AI. He said, here, the humanistic temperature and practical wisdom of human lawyers and the efficient retrieval and systematic combing of AI each show their strengths, which not only let us see the infinite possibilities of science and technology-enabled law, but also recognize the irreplaceable professional value of lawyers more clearly.
Through three high-level human-machine games and in-depth reviews, this seminar clearly outlines the development of legal services in the era of AI: AI will become an important tool for the legal industry to enhance the basic work efficiency; and lawyers' professional judgment, humanistic care, professional ethics and innovative thinking will always be the irreplaceable core values. In the future, the deep fusion of law and technology will surely push the legal service industry to a new height of more efficient, more precise and more warm.
