Riding the Waves of Change - What is Singularity?

Have you ever heard the term "early adapter?"  It means someone who has the ability to see change happening and adapt to it quickly, to utilize what the change has to offer significantly sooner than most others would be able to make that change. 

Emerging technologies and rapidly changing technologies have placed all of us in a position where if we don't change or grasp on to what is new in technology, we will be left out of the loop.  

Ray Kurzweil is a futurist and inventor, paying close attention to what where technology is taking us. In fact, some of his inventions are taking us into the future faster than we know.  His book on technological singularity and super-intelligence is just plain scary. What is singularity?

What does this have to do with the law and the law office?  Check out Singularity, Computers, and the Law if for no other reason than to see the videos Singularity and e-discovery Did You Know?

What does a Polygraph look like?

Polygraph Measures

How accurate is a polygraph?

http://www.truthorlie.com/accurate.html

Physiological Arousal to an applied stimulus:

Heat Rate/ Blood Volume
Sweat Gland Activity
Respiration or Breathing


How to detect lies:

http://www.wikihow.com/Detect-Lies
Can drugs effect a polygraph test?

http://effectofdrugsonpolygraph.blogspot.com/

Polygraph FAQ's

http://www.polygraphks.com/faq.htm

http://www.polygraphis.com/WebsiteFAQ.htm

http://www.omegapolygraph.com/polygraph-faq.htm

http://www.imbordinopolygraph.com/faq_examiners.htm

Difference Between Confession and Admission

Must give people a chance a reason to explain why they are sitting there to take the test.  

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/197308/evidence/28378/Confessions-and-admissions

Are polygraph tests admissible in court in Kansas?

Kipp Low - Topeka Police Department: On Polygraph

Kipp Low with Janice and Donna
http://www.topekapolygraph.com/polygraph.htm


Polygraph Today

• Exciting technology and techniques

• The use of polygraph in treatment has brought polygraph back into court

• More private examiners than at any previous time since around 1988

http://www.polygraphplace.com/docs/information.shtml

• Still the most valid from for testing of truthfulness  

Utility v Accuracy Rates:

• Why do we conduct polygraphs?  

• The utility value of polygraph

          Confessions  admissions
          Exclusion of suspects
          Development of evidence/dues
          Monitoring of behavior
          Treatment

Where are Mistakes Made?
There is no Universal Lie Response
There are numerous emotions which produce physiological responses

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraphy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_stress_analysis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometrics

Only one Polygraph Issue
 Process is from the time the person comes in the office through the test and after

Pretest interview - No difference between a small lie and a big lie - if one thing is being hidden there will be a trip-up in the test

http://www.policetest.info/police_polygraph_exam.htm

If the exam is mixed issue and the person has a significant reaction-
Administrator has a specific issue test to resolve the reaction
Interview the subject after the mixed issue
Must "weed" through the issues in the pretest exam

The Innocence Project

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be accused of a crime that you didn't commit, and then, to even be convicted of that crime?  This does happen to people, people who are currently serving time for something they did not do. 

Here is a project that assists and even helps to exonerate these people:  The Innocence Project

On this website you will meet some of the people who have been imprisoned for years and have been exonerated because of this project.  You will learn the cases, the legal reasons and flaws in the justice system as to why the mistake was made, and how the system could be "fixed" to prevent this from happening to other innocent people and wrongful convictions. 

You can even read the amicus briefs filed by the project on behalf of individuals being wrongfully accused, find legal resources and links on the issue, and access the database of those who have been released from prison as a result of the project. 

Since the project's inception and as of February 17, 2011, 266 innocent people have been freed.