> I've seen other attempts at invention through AI or algorithm - as dmritard says, the key to useful invention isn't generation, its filtering the noise. That

> I've seen other attempts at invention through AI or algorithm - as dmritard says, the key to useful invention isn't generation, its filtering the noise. That's exactly my thought on it after reading a couple. Consider the case of chemistry: One could write an application that goes through known chemical compounds[1] and then generates a combination of all of them, and for each combination, adds a ".. for use as a food additive", ".. for treatment of <medical condition>" ".. for general purpose cleaner" ".. for use in a battery" etc. Without doubt, within that crazy-huge list, there would be some absolutely correct claims, just as one of the infinite monkeys did in fact write Shakespeare: but which one? This site really isn't any different. [1] For example, harvest everything on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chemistry-related_lists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chemistry-related_lis...