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>The code will have done a lot of analysis, but in the end, the DNA (fragments) it reports were either there or not. OK, so how do we verify if they're there?
by finnthehuman 5y ago
>The code will have done a lot of analysis, but in the end, the DNA (fragments) it reports were either there or not.
OK, so how do we verify if they're there?
For your example of sorting, we have the ordered output, can read the values of each item in the output, and have a definition of sorted.
What confirms the presence of DNA external to the methodology they don't want to allow external analysis of?
I don't doubt there could be a way. But you've just asserted it can when the how is actually the material question to the case.
- Arnt 5y agoThey're asking for source code to a program. AIUI, the input data that was supplied to that program will contain or not contain those DNA (fragments) in a fairly simple format. It is of course possible that the program doesn't emit a detailed enough report. That it says "match found" without saying where in which files it found a match. But it's also possible that it does say where, in which case the presence of the needles can be verified easily, even if the method used to detect that those were relevant needles rather than irrelevant straws isn't specified. Either way, rejecting an unknown algorithm because it's unknown is wrong. What matters is whether the output can be checked by others.
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