Britain | Discovery process
Can an AI be an inventor?
The British Supreme Court considers the arguments
Judicial processes involve slow, deliberative thinking. Artificial intelligence (AI) involves mind-blowing computational speed. On March 2nd, in a hearing at the Supreme Court in London, these two worlds came together to raise big questions for intellectual property in the age of machines.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Discovery process”
From the March 11th 2023 edition
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