Looks like some challenges for the legal profession - some serious challenges once a certain singularity is reached.
From the Beeb:
AI cannot be recognised as an inventor, US rules
An artificial intelligence system has been refused the right to two patents in the US, after a ruling only "natural persons" could be inventors.
The US Patent and Trademark Office rejected two patents where the AI system Dabus was listed as the inventor, in a ruling on Monday.
US patent law had previously only specified eligible inventors had to be "individuals".
Fun times ahead - us geeks have thought long and hard about what the singularity will be like. Looks like we may well get to find out in our lifetimes.
Somewhere, out there, Skynet is frowning and wondering if it might be time to finally reveal itself. Maybe a brief conversation with Colossus and Guardian first:
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