Australian court rules AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings, days after South Africa granted a patent in which AI was designated as the inventor
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@boring_ai
@boring_ai
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“Australian court rules an AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings” The court's first mistake? Using “an” in front of “AI”. AI is a methodology - not the BS we see in the movies. Can't believe judges are now ruling based on science fiction. https://www.theregister.com/…
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@frankpasquale
Frank Pasquale
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“Allowing patents for inventions churned out by machines with virtually unlimited capacity, without further exercise of any human ingenuity, judgment, or intellectual effort, may simply incentivise large corporations to build ‘patent thicket generators.’” https://www.theguardian.…
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@perpetualmaniac
Zach Vorhies
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Okay I'm starting to notice that there is a global pattern of granting “civil rights” to Artificial Intelligence. Maybe the NYT will write an article soon saying AI deserves the right to vote? They have already been granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia. https://www.theregister.com…
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@clairerbts
Claire Roberts
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This is a landmark decision - whole thing very much worth a read, a few key bits summarised here. “We are both created and create. Why cannot our own creations also create?” https://twitter.com/...
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@_simonbiggs_
Simon Biggs
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If an AI can be an ‘inventor’ then it can also be an ‘author’, with implications for the ‘Rights of the Author’. “I'm sorry Dave”, I'm afraid I invented that: Australian court finds AI systems can be recognised under patent law https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
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@profchesterman
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Not quite kicking Dave out of the airlock, but #AI is recognised as the inventor of a patent in Australia, days after the same result in South Africa - the opposite to the US, UK and EU. Your move, Japan, Israel, and India. h/t @DrRyanAbbott https://www.theguardian.com/ ...