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ARTICLE · 02 JANUARY 2019

Is It Possible To Patent Artificial Intelligence?

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Since eons, humans have tried to create convenience

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Since eons, humans have tried to create convenience. Be it the kindling of a fire or the development of the technology of a smart phone that detects your location and is linked to your bank account, humans have constantly tried to create a technology, that stands on par with the functioning of normal human brain.

However, in the bid to develop convenience, we have now outdone ourselves and hence, there is a constant endeavour to develop a substitute to a human brain and the understanding that it holds. Humans are considered the best creation. And to recreate and sustain this masterpiece unnaturally, is called the development of an artificial intelligence.

John McCarthy, a computer scientist, coined the term "Artificial Intelligence." In his article 'Ascribing Mental Qualities to Machines,' he states that, "Machines as simple as thermostats can be said to have beliefs, and having beliefs seems to be a characteristic of most machines capable of problem-solving

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