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

[Alex Blainey]

https://github.com/ACBlainey/Concord/blob/main/STUFF/Perosnhood%20and%20Liability.mdSomething I wrote recently and am still wrestling with. Not just the problem of personhood but also liability and capacity. this whole area is difficult enough in terms of human rights let alone AI rights.

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   


On Wednesday, 26 August 2026 at 10:55:28 BST, ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:



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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