diff --git a/articles/2022-12-11_001-human-nature-of-punitive-law.gmi b/articles/2022-12-11_001-human-nature-of-punitive-law.gmi index 325965b..0b90074 100644 --- a/articles/2022-12-11_001-human-nature-of-punitive-law.gmi +++ b/articles/2022-12-11_001-human-nature-of-punitive-law.gmi @@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ Human decision making is full of mistakes. And is a subject to appeal. Mistakes What are computers good at? Optimisation. They are good at figuring out rules based on input data. Finding shortcuts from where we are to where the programmer thought we should end up – or – wherever the input data extrapolation will take us. Need to find a new cure for cancer or which gene is responsible for the colour of hair? AI is perfect. Automatic driving? Maybe. When left to the mercy of humans and machines we know there will be none with the latter. And mercy is exactly what we need in our punitive law. No mistakes, no appeal and no mercy make the system cruel, cold and unforgiving. Like a slave owner. + Automation of the speeding ticket system is only but the first step on this path. The one we should not have taken.