Im fascinated by the idea of animals or other unusual witnesses being called to testify lol

I feel like the prosecution or whoever subpeonas it would just get the transcript or the company would release their logs or something but I wonder if that could ever end up happening, particularly where would be cross-examined

  • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
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    14 days ago

    I’d argue not even a hypothetical AGI (artificial general intelligence), with capabilities similar to a reasonable and able-minded human being, would be able to testify in a court.

    An AGI would be able to lie, like a human being; but unlike a human being, it gets no consequence for its actions; for example it can’t be jailed for perjury.

    Also, for people downvoting the OP: less knee-jerk reaction, more “no stupid questions”. Pleeeeeeeeeeeease.

    • AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      14 days ago

      I wish I could upvote this more than once for the reminder that the entire purpose here is that there are no stupid questions.

    • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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      13 days ago

      Any AI testimony would be printed out and submitted to the court as evidence similar to data logs.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
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        13 days ago

        AI testimony would be printed out and submitted to the court as evidence similar to data logs.

        Or as information (which is a lower standard than evidence)