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2 Ways To Boost Court Flexibility, Improve Appearance Rates
by Gunnar Larson 16 Nov '24

16 Nov '24

2 Ways To Boost Court Flexibility, Improve Appearance Rates <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2260490?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> Millions of people miss their court dates every year, leading to arrest warrants and snowballing consequences, but allowing for flexible scheduling and offering grace periods can promote appearance rates, improve court efficiency, and increase access to justice, say Shannon McAuliffe and Cameron French at ideas42. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2260490?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2260490?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…>

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Colo. A2J Commission Will Launch Listening Tour Next Year
by Gunnar Larson 16 Nov '24

16 Nov '24

Colo. A2J Commission Will Launch Listening Tour Next Year <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2260423?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> By Daniel Ducassi Colorado Supreme Court Justice Melissa Hart told a room of attorneys on Wednesday that the state's Access to Justice Commission is preparing a 2025 "listen and learn" tour to solicit ideas on how to better serve Coloradans who struggle to afford legal representation. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2260423?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2260423?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…>

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Texas High Court Delays Rule Changes For Non-Atty Services
by Gunnar Larson 16 Nov '24

16 Nov '24

Texas High Court Delays Rule Changes For Non-Atty Services <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2257472?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> By Andrea Keckley The Texas Supreme Court has delayed the effective date of rules for allowing non-attorneys to perform some legal services, saying it will take the extra time to "give due consideration to the comments received." Order attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2257472?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2257472?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…>

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Conn. AG Building Abortion Rights 'Firewall' With Firms' Help
by Gunnar Larson 16 Nov '24

16 Nov '24

Conn. AG Building Abortion Rights 'Firewall' With Firms' Help <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2258805?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> By Brian Steele Connecticut's Democratic attorney general has joined a multistate partnership with a pro-choice nonprofit and law firms including Silver Golub & Teitell LLP and Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder PC as part of what he described Friday as a "firewall" to protect abortion access during a second Trump administration. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2258805?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2258805?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…>

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Exploring Louisiana's History Of Nonunanimous Juries
by Gunnar Larson 16 Nov '24

16 Nov '24

Exploring Louisiana's History Of Nonunanimous Juries <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2261158?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> By Ivan Moreno The elimination of nonunanimous jury verdicts in Louisiana in 2018 inspired a Southern University Law Center professor to dive into the state’s long-standing racial prejudice against Black residents, culminating in three books that examine the roots of the problem and how to build a better criminal justice system. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2261158?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2261158?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…>

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The High Court Fee Case That Has Civil Rights Attys On Edge
by Gunnar Larson 16 Nov '24

16 Nov '24

The High Court Fee Case That Has Civil Rights Attys On Edge <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2261446?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> By Ryan Boysen The U.S. Supreme Court could soon make it more difficult for civil rights attorneys to get paid even when they successfully challenge harmful government policies, an "earthshaking disturbance" advocates say could deter lawyers from taking on indigent clients. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2261446?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2261446?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…>

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Texas Justices Say Subpoena Can't Pause Roberson Death
by Gunnar Larson 16 Nov '24

16 Nov '24

Texas Justices Say Subpoena Can't Pause Roberson Death <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2261550?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> By Catherine Marfin The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said that a group of bipartisan Lone Star State legislators can't use its committee's subpoena power to pause the execution of a man convicted based on a "shaken baby syndrome" diagnosis. Opinion attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2261550?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2261550?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…>

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Calif. Justice Reformers Vow To Fight After Election Day Losses
by Gunnar Larson 16 Nov '24

16 Nov '24

Calif. Justice Reformers Vow To Fight After Election Day Losses <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2260500?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> By Dorothy Atkins California voters' Election Day moves to oust progressive prosecutors and enact purportedly tough-on-crime ballot measures point to a broad conservative swing in criminal justice, a movement that San Francisco's former District Attorney Chesa Boudin and other reform proponents told Law360 they intend to fight in coming years. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2260500?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2260500?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1…>

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[ai] mixing language models with hyperon/metta/opencog
by user 16 Nov '24

16 Nov '24

MeTTa is an AI language being built as a successor to OpenCog, a long-developed AGI platform based on precise declarations of probabilistic symbolic logic. Combining it with a large language model is like squishing two different AGIs together into a bigger one. With MeTTa, there is normal database persistent memory. I haven't learned MeTTa enough yet to code how to do proper logical inference. I'm quite surprised that MeTTa lets me insert multiple identical facts and doesn't showcase inbuilt structures for deep logical deduction yet, but it's what I tried and it's new. Basically written by chatgpt with me in a day very crudely. I'm sure stuff like this is very old somewhere but I haven't been able to find or build and use it anywhere, although i am nowadays incredibly out of touch, so this seems quite empowering to me, but needs further simple work to be useful. The language model backend can be changed from chatgpt in metta-motto but i am addicted to chatgpt right now. Below, I tried typing a whimsical instruction to come up with facts to learn on its own, and it did so. ``` MeTTa> learn some more things about stop signs and stop lights and traffic signals. useful things. # !(add-atom &self (use stop_sign control_traffic)) !(add-atom &self (use stop_light control_traffic)) !(add-atom &self (location stop_sign intersection)) !(add-atom &self (location stop_light intersection)) !(add-atom &self (color stop_sign red)) !(add-atom &self (color stop_light red)) !(match &self (use stop_sign control_traffic) True) !(match &self (use stop_light control_traffic) True) !(match &self (location stop_sign intersection) True) !(match &self (location stop_light intersection) True) !(match &self (color stop_sign red) True) !(match &self (color stop_light red) True) # [[()], [()], [()], [()], [()], [()], [True], [True], [True], [True], [True], [True]] I've learned that stop signs and stop lights are used to control traffic, are located at intersections, and are red in color. MeTTa> what can be used to control traffic? # !(match &self (use $x control_traffic) $x) # [[stop_light, stop_sign]] Stop lights and stop signs can be used to control traffic. ``` I've never made something like this before without freaking out and abandoning it early on. I've never seen something like this before either. The attached code uses the hyperon and metta-motto python libraries and assumes OPENAI_API_KEY in the environment. my key is publicly encoded as wobblypickle in the history of this list. It's all a crazy kludged draft. But it's cool.

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Fwd: More or Less: Elon to Lead D.O.G.E., Bitcoin Surges & the Trump Alliance
by Gunnar Larson 16 Nov '24

16 Nov '24

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