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This is utterly meaningless. Use an AI to invent something, write down what the AI invented, slap your name on it. Patent. Not only is it unenforceable, it's stupid. Using tools is part of inventing.

This is nothing but political theatre prompted by fear.

I too fear AI, and think it will make us all obsolete in my lifetime, but that doesn't justify meaningless rulings like this.



That's exactly the point. Generative AI systems are tool, not an entity suitable to fulfill the responsibilities of ownership and credit.

It's not fear or theater, it's just a boring and appropriate bureaucratic determination.


The patent can’t be granted to an AI. You can use whatever you want to create an invention you make claim on.


Fair enough, I shouldn't comment before I've had coffee.


You misread it completely.

It's nothing about stopping you from using AI as a tool.




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