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Other posts by this author: "Programmers need to be replaced by computers...no more buggy code!" "Lawyers need to be replaced by computers--no more sleazy amb

Other posts by this author: "Programmers need to be replaced by computers...no more buggy code!" "Lawyers need to be replaced by computers--no more sleazy ambulance chaser ads!" "Money needs to grow on trees! No more financial problems!"

Suncho 13y ago
I know this is sarcasm, but law seems like a great candidate for automation. The law is literally a set of rules. And in the process of automating legal stuff, we might be forced to clean up some existing instances of ambiguity and vagueness. Wouldn't that be nice? Regarding programmers, much of their job already is to replace themselves with computers. Once a task becomes routine, you should automate it. Regarding money growing on trees, that's not going to happen in the literal sense. But perhaps the only way to provide for everyone is to institute a universal unconditional basic income. Without jobs, people won't be able to "earn" their livings anymore. But that's okay. They'll be free to spend their time doing things that only humans can do and that nobody may have ever thought to pay for. How many geniuses out there are spending their time being doctors and lawyers? How many of them will generate the next innovations that propel the human race forward once they're no longer trapped spending so much time at work? There's only one way to find out!
- crdoconnor 13y ago
  >I know this is sarcasm, but law seems like a great candidate for automation. The law is literally a set of rules. And in the process of automating legal stuff, we might be forced to clean up some existing instances of ambiguity and vagueness. Wouldn't that be nice? Lovely. Unfortunately, most of the practice of law is arguing over its interpretation. If we can automate product management (giving vague instructions to a computer that can figure out exactly what you want from it), we can automate law.
- vacri 13y ago
  The law is literally a set of rules. And when you implement them as a simple set of rules, you end up with ridiculous outcomes. The politicians who make the rules don't (and can't) cater for corner cases. "The law is a hammer, not a scalpel"

Suncho 13y ago

I know this is sarcasm, but law seems like a great candidate for automation. The law is literally a set of rules. And in the process of automating legal stuff, we might be forced to clean up some existing instances of ambiguity and vagueness. Wouldn't that be nice? Regarding programmers, much of their job already is to replace themselves with computers. Once a task becomes routine, you should automate it. Regarding money growing on trees, that's not going to happen in the literal sense. But perhaps the only way to provide for everyone is to institute a universal unconditional basic income. Without jobs, people won't be able to "earn" their livings anymore. But that's okay. They'll be free to spend their time doing things that only humans can do and that nobody may have ever thought to pay for. How many geniuses out there are spending their time being doctors and lawyers? How many of them will generate the next innovations that propel the human race forward once they're no longer trapped spending so much time at work? There's only one way to find out!

crdoconnor 13y ago
>I know this is sarcasm, but law seems like a great candidate for automation. The law is literally a set of rules. And in the process of automating legal stuff, we might be forced to clean up some existing instances of ambiguity and vagueness. Wouldn't that be nice? Lovely. Unfortunately, most of the practice of law is arguing over its interpretation. If we can automate product management (giving vague instructions to a computer that can figure out exactly what you want from it), we can automate law.
vacri 13y ago
The law is literally a set of rules. And when you implement them as a simple set of rules, you end up with ridiculous outcomes. The politicians who make the rules don't (and can't) cater for corner cases. "The law is a hammer, not a scalpel"