Thank you very much for sharing your experience. My new neighbors are software engineers, and I suppose that you could say that they were displaced by AI, although not as directly as you... They both worked for companies that decided to downsize their IT departments. The companies claimed that this was because their managers believed that AI would increase productivity, and this seemed to be the best area to downsize because of this.
This action caused problems for the company who laid them off and they eventually ended up hiring a larger number of people than they had originally laid off. Both of them found higher paying jobs working for Amazon which ironically has blamed recent layoffs on AI. But at the same time, they are hiring others such as my neighbors who are more qualified for the work they are doing than those who were recently laid off.
Yours job loss sounds directly related to an actual application where an AI tool has made it possible to review contracts with less personnel. I am happy that you to were able to land on your feet and find other paying applications for your specialized knowledge and skill set.
I should have worded my response to the person that I was responded to more carefully. Obviously, any improvement to any technology used by businesses is going to cause some people to lose certain types of work. At the same time... like my neighbors, others find jobs that relate to the shifting of workflow. Even though many people lost jobs as typists when computers with word processors and printers replaced typewriters, others found employment working with word processors and overall, the number of office workers likely has increased over the years.
I do not mean to sound insensitive to people's plights, but nothing stays the same forever. At one time I ran old machinery in our family's lumber remanufacturing business. This was skilled work with machinery that is basically no longer used. So, I had to move on even though at one time that was a good way to make a living.
And, if my entrepreneurial ventures hit pay dirt, then I'll be in far better shape than my previous corporate situation.