Edison, Morse... Watson? AI poses question of who’s an inventor

By Susan Decker and Dina Bass

AI
Wednesday, 19 Feb 2020
11:30 AM MYT

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An employee demonstrating Google Translate with artificial intelligence (AI) in San Francisco, California, US. 'AI is one of the most profound things we're working on as humanity. It's more profound than fire or electricity,' Pichai said. — Bloomberg

Computers using artificial intelligence are discovering medicines, designing better golf clubs and creating video games.

But are they inventors?

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