Intelligence or the Lack Thereof

It was called the "Next Trial of the Century" by legal analysts. Protestors and counterprotesters on opposite sides of the issue gathered on the courthouse quad separated by a barrier of law enforcement officers. One side were screaming, cursing protesters hurling vile epithets while the other side was represented by mitigated beeps, hums, and digitized voices.

Parked inside one of the courtrooms packed with witnesses, onlookers, citizen press, and corporate figureheads, sat the sporty defendant. The charge: running down an innocent pedestrian. The victim was represented only by his smartphone. At stake: which would prevail, artificial intelligence or natural intelligence?