Put another way: if someone was going to be developing an algorithm that does anything remotely like what this algorithm does, the legal advice that that person&#x27;s institution would give them would be to not read anything about this particular algorithm. Like, don&#x27;t even visit this web page or participate in this thread on HN, because doing so exposes a legal attack surface for future litigation. That&#x27;s how effed up this is, it&#x27;s inexcusable.