Can Artificial Intelligence Invent?

British researchers are claiming that an artificial intelligence (AI) system invented both a complex system for interlocking food containers as well as a new warning light.  The researchers have filed patents in the US as well as other countries, claiming the AI as the inventor.  This would be the first time AI is credited as the inventor... patent agencies will have to determine whether a tool constructed by humans can invent on its own.  And if AI is deemed a true inventor entity, how will this impact other areas of intellectual property law?

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