Friday: The Trial
Nick and Nancy: Human or robot?
NNWW Gathering (June 3, 2016, Quaker Lodge)
The question brought before the jury of N&N’s peers concerned the very nature of the co-defendants: are they human, or are they robots?
Both prosecution and defense made their cases, with the help (and sometimes cooperation) of a full line-up of witnesses. As the hot summer evening wore on, unanticipated reversals and surprise testimony kept everyone in suspense.
The verdict remained too close to call until the very end, when the defendants were declared… not guilty! That is: N&N are definitely not guilty of definitely both being robots!
(Note: this conclusion was apparently not convincing to all parties…)
Judge & Jury
The Hon. Judge Diana Matthias
The N&N Community
The Prosecution
Steve Ketchpel
Leader of the charge(s)
[Steve‘s opening statement (password: 5-letter word denoting what each of NN was accused of being)]
Trevor Stockinger
Master of the objection
Vanessa Micelli
Was her video evidence sabotaged?
The Defense
Debra Schifrin
Lead defender (and artistic director / mastermind)
James Ting-Edwards
Dressed for the part!
Clare Lynch
The couplet-wielding closer [Clare‘s closing argument (password: 5-letter word denoting what each of NN was accused of being)]
The Witnesses (Part 1)
Wendy Hay
Mother of Defendant Hay
Andrew Hay
Brother of Defendant Hay
Phoebe Chang
Mother of Defendant Chang
Gautam Godhwani
Longtime friend of Defendant Chang
David Hay
Father of Defendant Hay
Adam Safron
Friend of Defendant Hay
Sand Chang
Sibling of Defendant Chang
Richard Tucker
Longtime friend of Defendant Chang, winding number expert
The Witnesses (Part 2)
Praveen Paritosh
Turing Test expert, friend of defendants
Michael Tseng
Googler / Friend of Defendants
John De Nero
Berkeley professor with questionable evidence
Lauri Harbison
College roommate of Defendant Chang
Huma Dar
Friend of the Defendants
Nick Hay
Defendant!
Nancy Chang
Defendant!
