Jedi Mind Trick Vs Vulcan Mind Meld

[Borgholio]

Spock performed a mind meld with Nomad, an artificial intelligence, in "The changeling" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsJazHAr9EE at 0:28

Yes, he did with V'Ger as well in The Motion Picture. Mind melding with AI's is uncommon but not unheard of.

[Q99]

Trick pros-
Range
Speed of use
Subtlety
Compels others as well as reads

Cons-
Compulsion easy to resisted, even by inferior targets
Requires significant advantage to forcefully read more than surface thoughts (either high power vs untrained, or multiple vs one)
When deep read is attempted, backfiring and sharing information is possible

Mind Melds pros-
Very deep contact, high exchange of information both ways- with initiator having control of what they send
Seems very hard to resist, even to a strong willed individual of telepathic species. if defense is possible, it seems to require at least peer skill.

Con-
Doesn't compel others
Requires touch
Slow
Breaking off or misusing can cause damage to subject

The info can always be Force choked out of Dukat, or Force lightninged, if nothing else works.

Torture doesn't really work that way. Choke or zap someone, and they may talk, may not. Leia never did.