A bot that converts Reddit threads into ace attorney scenes

I used to get kicked out everytime I converted a group to comic chat. Those were the days :)

I've wondered if the AI superintelligence everyone is watching out for is actually slowly being built from the bottom up, and encompasses evening in the entire world. Deep Thought from Hitchhiker's Guide is seeming more and more plausible to me. Perhaps this bot that makes Reddit videos doesn't do anything "useful" per se, but it is doing what a human might otherwise do, and adds itself to Reddit as an entity that could be indistinguishable from a person making silly videos.

What percentage of Reddit comments are bots? I'd be curious to know. SaaS and Lambda functions and and APIs are all like very complicated neurons that link together to form this world wide web of interactions.

I've wondered if an approach to the AI alignment problem is really to see that the entirety of all the computers in the world are a giant brain that is continually self-improving. Phoenix Wright bot is one neuron, like any other. And so to align the world AI, you have to align the culture that makes the AI. And so, basically, anything that one does to improve the culture in a sense improves AI.

Oh my god, this is funny.

I'd never even heard of the game before this, but the animation/music is hilarious just on its own.

Justice systems are complicated. From what I've read, it's true that the japanese court system indeed gives prosecutors more leeway and the trial is more of a formality. The conviction rate of 99% (vs 70-95% in the us, depending how you count) speaks to this.

However, that's not all there is to it. You're still innocent until proven guilty in Japan.

There's also probably more in common with the japanese justice system and the US system than different. In practice, the majority of cases in both don't go to trial. In japan, the prosecution will just not prosecute any case they don't think they'll win (and have broad leeway to do so). This results in a 99% conviction rate because, well, there's no reason they can't just drop any case without rock solid evidence. Even in cases where they're confident the suspect is guilty, but they don't think they have enough evidence, they may opt to just drop the case.

In the US, similarly, most cases don't go to trial. The vast majority are also ended under prosecutor discretion, via plea bargains. Both in the US and Japan, most cases skip the proper court system due to the prosecution having power to do so. It's just in Japan, the prosecution also has power to drop the case, while in the US the prosecution can only skip the courts if they get a plea deal, but not if the suspect keeps pleading not-guilty.

Japan has laws requiring evidence in addition to a confession due to understanding that police sometimes force confessions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_justice_system_of_Jap...)

In america it's routine for people to be convicted on nothing other than a suspect agreeing to a plea deal even though they didn't do it. "You can get 1 year in jail and get back to your family if you take the plea, or you can risk 30 years in jail if you keep saying not-guilty" isn't at all unusual in the US system, especially since a cop's word is often enough for a guilty sentence.

I'd be happy to be wrong on any of he above details if anyone has separate experience, understanding, or sources.

All that being said, I'd much much rather be arrested in Japan than in the US.

Also notable: "Is soup a drink?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNuz_VFJtU