It is amusing how many people are arguing what litigation is here, probably none of these people have a law education.

Imagine a bunch of lawyers arguing what programming is. Even a bunch of programmers arguing what programming is abnoxious at worst and a mental exercise at best.

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hansvm 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That's how I feel reading HN's opinions on the recent math results. <5% of the responses even understand the point they're supposed to be arguing. AI might take over mathematics. It might not. The discussion regarding that topic is almost devoid of any relevant information though.

	▲	otterley 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'd extend that to the typical HNer's understanding about practically any subject. A lot of bluster and supposition, little first-hand knowledge or expertise.

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jester997 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Lawyers would be better suited to argue what programming is because they know logic. There’s not much to algorithms: do this, then do that.

Programmers typically don’t know law outside of which license allows them to get code for free.

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konart 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> There’s not much to algorithms: do this, then do that.

Yeah, and how many of drivers or software engineers can fix their car's engine? Just a few. Even though in priciple there's not much to it.

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KellyCriterion 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

a) I have never met a Lawyer who was able to write a single code line

b) I have met Lawyer colleagues who didnt know how build a =SUM() in Excel

So, I doubt....

	▲	otterley 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> a) I have never met a Lawyer who was able to write a single code line That doesn't mean they don't exist. I went to law school with many former software engineers, many of whom are now prosecuting patents on behalf of high tech companies, and some of whom went back to engineering (like me). "I have never met ______" is of no consequence to anyone; it's an argument style best avoided unless you're talking about deities or space aliens.
	▲	jacquesm 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		There are a couple right here on HN.

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caaqil 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> probably none of these people have a law education.

Domain knowledge is informative sometimes but mainly overrated: the success of LLMs proves just that. What most lawyers do is fairly standardized and routine, efforts to invoke mystery cases or "novel" is an attempt at resisting the inevitable. The "the only British food in Palo Alto" equivalent of unique skills.