cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
There's some people out there systematically trying to push the boundaries of who can be granted copyright and patents to extend to "artifical intelligences". I can only think of one reason why anybody would want that: new avenues for rent seeking and automating the creation of IP land mines.*
https://www.eetimes.com/supreme-court-in-uk-set-to-weigh-ip-rights-for-ai/
* Please note that I am not a believer in strong intellectual prison (IP) laws. I just know that's the world we live in.