As a technologist, I feel there are problems we can solve using computer, and there are problems we cannot solve using computer. I am a big fan of smarter comp

As a technologist, I feel there are problems we can solve using computer, and there are problems we cannot solve using computer. I am a big fan of smarter computation, but when it comes to legal judgement, I defer to a human. We all have heard of bizarre rulings before (I don't have to remind everyone the Stanford rape scandal last year), but the human involvement in making a judgement call is what makes justice system precious. I am a big fan of kicking out Donald Trump out of office. I would describe this secret algorithm as Donald Trump. Some data were collected, not sure how much, how authentic, and how much bias has been introduced. We just know some answer is produced. The algorithm might be as simple as tossing a coin. If I can't trust the leader of our government, how can I trust a machine, whether secret or not, making judgement call, when human is prone to making poor and irrational judgement call. So why human if human are prone to make mistake and to make unfair judgement? Because there should be humanity in justice. Yes, Lady Justice is blind-folded, but that doesn't mean we can't show compassion or anger. Is there a real correlation of crime rate and number of years in prison? I heard many said criminals are likely to commit crime again because either the criminals have no other skills to depend on, or they have mental illness that prevented them from obeying laws. So if the dataset says 90% of recurrence rate, are we going to sentence people longer? Then why not lock the person up or go for an immediate execution if we want peace? You see, the purpose we want to add to a jail senetence is correction. This is not an ideal talk. There are many convicts do turn out right and fine if they are given the chance to redeem themselves. We shouldn't be begging for a safe prison, a prison with staff ready to help, because those should be a requirement of a jail. I can't help but to remind myself Futurama, there are robot judges (one of the cops is also a robot). We should fear people trying to robotized our humanity. If judging can depend on data, then raising a kid from infant to adulthood could be done using algorithms too. We just need lots of data, lots of simulations.