[continued from previous message]

Central to the issues are the failure of judges to order greater disclosure
of software, which I pointed out in my article ``Artificial intelligence: Oh really? And why judges and lawyers are central to the way we live now -- but they don't know it'', Computer and Telecommunications Law Review, 2017,
Volume 23, Issue 8, 213--225.

Disclosure was an issue in Seema Misra's case - it appears that people were happy to prosecute a person on the flimsiest of evidence.

ADDED NOTE:
I have another URL for the judgment - this includes the appendices: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2019/3408.pdf

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 11:45:10 -0500
From: Dick Mills <dickandlibbymills@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Election Security regulations in the U.S. (RISKS-31,50)

I agree about election security, but I think the need for regulation of recounts is even more urgent.

In the USA, we are cursed by close elections where every vote counts.

Recounts after close elections too often lead to viscous fights over recount procedures. It seems like every county makes up the rules as they go along. Paper ballots or paper receipts multiply the possibilities for recount
fraud. IMO, recount flaws weaken public confidence even more than election flaws.

We need a detailed national standard for how to handle recounts.

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Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:06:03 +0000
From: Martin Ward <martin@gkc.org.uk>
Subject: Re: What happens if your mind lives for ever on the Internet?
(Shapir, RISKS-31.50)

That's because in this context, "human intelligence" is a moving target. Until the 1960's, looking up a name and number in a phone book was
considered a task of human intelligence;

This is incorrect. The definition of "machines as intelligent as humans" was established back in 1950 in the seminal paper by Alan Turing: "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" which described the "Turing Test". It should (still) be required reading for any software engineer.

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