[ExI] AI can't invent (Legally!)

[John Clark]

On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 3:14 PM Tara Maya via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

*> I don't know why the human who ises a tool to discover something
> wouldn't get the credit for the discovery. Of you look through a microscope
> and discover a new bacterium, you credit the scientist and not the
> microscope*


*That's because a microscope doesn't have the inclination or the ability to
dispute the claim of a human discoverer, but an AI could have the
inclination and definitely has the ability to do so. *

*John K Clark     *

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