That is not what patents are for! (Score 1)

These academics are completely misunderstanding the purpose of patents. A patent forces the inventor to share the invention with the public. In order to create an incentive for the inventor to do so, we give him/her exclusive rights for a period of time to make some money on it. Does that concept apply at all to an AI? On top of that, an AI has no legal status. Is it a person? Is it a corporation? No! The AI is the property of a person or a corporation. If I use tools, algorithms, etc. to invent something then its MY invention. The tools cannot claim ownership. Maybe the AI is owned by a corporation and this is a clever way to sneak through corporate ownership of a patent.