Pre-reading questions:
- What is your opinion about technologies that can learn and decide on their own?
- If a computer can do what humans can, should it have the same rights as a living person? Why or why not?
Vocabulary:
- invention /in-VEN-shuhn/
- expert /EK-spurt/
- legal /LEE-guhl/
- structure /STRUHK-cher/
- technology /tek-NOL-uh-jee/
[noun] – something that has never been made before, or the process of creating something that has never been made before
The world changed rapidly after the invention of the phone.
[noun] – a person with a high level of knowledge or skill relating to a particular subject or activity
My mother is an expert at dress-making.
[adjective] – connected with the law
It is an organization that offers free legal advice to people with low incomes.
[noun] – the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way:
The company has a complex organizational structure.
[noun] – (the study and knowledge of) the practical, especially industrial, use of scientific discoveries
Modern technology is amazing, isn’t it?
Article reading:
The IPO said that it will “need to understand how our IP system should protect AI-devised inventions in the future.” The organization also disclosed that it will advance international discourse to keep the UK ahead. In a case brought by Mr. Thaler in 2021, an Australian court decided that AI structures could be patent innovators. South Africa’s ruling was equivalent. On appeal, Australia’s resolution was reversed. Many self-thinking computer technologies can learn from internet data. The IPO declared undisputable intentions to change copyright law so anyone with legal access can work on it. This is better than non-commercial researchers promoting AI and “data mining” for the public good. Rights holders can still charge for access to their projects.
Comprehension questions
- What is the decision of the UK Intellectual Property Office with regards to patenting AI inventions?
- What is the decision of Lady Justice Laing with regards to patenting AI inventions?
- What do you call the legal privileges that give an inventor ownership of a creation?
- What are the inventions of the Dabus AI system?
- Who is the creator of the Dabus AI System?
Discussion questions
- Can you share an instance where you encountered artificial intelligence in your life?
- AI includes self-driving cars. Have you ridden one? If so, how was it? If no, do you want to ride on it?
- Would you encourage people to use AI? Why or why not?
- Do you agree that AI-based inventions should be patented?
- AI advancements include AI-created technologies. How would you explain its pros and cons to people?