Not long ago, we might have envisioned a future world where
artificial intelligence (AI) fulfilled a vast assortment of humdrum
duties, but did we ever consider its ability to write code, essays
— or patent abstracts?
For the time being, it is unwise either to underestimate the
long-term potential of AI and its machine learning (ML) subcategory
or to assign to it an omniscience that it does not possess. With
that out of the way, the potential of the technology is
considerable, and the best way to describe its current situation
would be to note its "transitory state."
Few things exemplify this admixture of enthusiasm and suspicion
better than the conversations and controversies surrounding the
generative text model (or, more casually, "chatbot"),
ChatGPT. This makes the chatbot an ideal starting point for a
longer discussion of generative AI across multiple blog posts, with
the purpose of examining the implications for the Intellectual
Property (IP) system, its
