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Black Mirror feels like prior art here...

by elliottcarlson 6y ago

fimdomeio 6y ago
Exactly. Also I remember some company trying to do that (not sure if before or after the Black Mirror episode)
- netsharc 6y ago
  I know 1 story of not a company but a programmer: https://www.theverge.com/a/luka-artificial-intelligence-memorial-roman-mazurenko-bot https://www.theverge.com/a/luka-artificial-intelligence-memo...
  - flemhans 6y ago
    Ars Technica coverage: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/07/luka-ai-chatbot-speaking-to-the-dead-mind-uploading/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/07/luka-...
- danboarder 6y ago
  https://replika.ai/ https://replika.ai/ has been doing this type of work. See the origin story in length on the Lex Fridman AI podcast: https://youtu.be/_AGPbvCDBCk https://youtu.be/_AGPbvCDBCk
gmuslera 6y ago
A work of fiction can count as prior art? It is not like anyone would not have tried to do something similar in practice, before or after that, but the episode itself? In any case, that episode qualifies both as prior, and art.
- Ensorceled 6y ago
  Yes, there's the waterbed case from Robert Heinlein ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbed#Heinlein_descriptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbed#Heinlein_descriptions
the-dude 6y ago
Isn't a patent a protection for the way it is implemented vs the idea itself?
- Ensorceled 6y ago
  The lines have blurred. Algorithms have been patented as have things like 1-click purchasing.
  - pnw_hazor 6y ago
    Algorithms remain unpatenable. The claims of this patent recite a chat bot system that does specific things a certain way. If it does require a particular algorithm, the algorithm itself is not protected.
m12k 6y ago
See also the Dixie Flatline construct from Neuromancer (1984), an AI-reconstruction of a brilliant hacker https://williamgibson.fandom.com/wiki/Construct https://williamgibson.fandom.com/wiki/Construct
- Timpy 6y ago
  Permutation City deals with the artificial consciousnesses too
snaut 6y ago
And before that, Stanisław Lem's novels.

Black Mirror feels like prior art here...

fimdomeio 6y ago

Exactly. Also I remember some company trying to do that (not sure if before or after the Black Mirror episode)

netsharc 6y ago
I know 1 story of not a company but a programmer: https://www.theverge.com/a/luka-artificial-intelligence-memorial-roman-mazurenko-bot https://www.theverge.com/a/luka-artificial-intelligence-memo...
- flemhans 6y ago
  Ars Technica coverage: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/07/luka-ai-chatbot-speaking-to-the-dead-mind-uploading/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/07/luka-...
danboarder 6y ago
https://replika.ai/ https://replika.ai/ has been doing this type of work. See the origin story in length on the Lex Fridman AI podcast: https://youtu.be/_AGPbvCDBCk https://youtu.be/_AGPbvCDBCk

gmuslera 6y ago

A work of fiction can count as prior art? It is not like anyone would not have tried to do something similar in practice, before or after that, but the episode itself? In any case, that episode qualifies both as prior, and art.

Ensorceled 6y ago
Yes, there's the waterbed case from Robert Heinlein ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbed#Heinlein_descriptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbed#Heinlein_descriptions

the-dude 6y ago

Isn't a patent a protection for the way it is implemented vs the idea itself?

Ensorceled 6y ago
The lines have blurred. Algorithms have been patented as have things like 1-click purchasing.
- pnw_hazor 6y ago
  Algorithms remain unpatenable. The claims of this patent recite a chat bot system that does specific things a certain way. If it does require a particular algorithm, the algorithm itself is not protected.

m12k 6y ago

See also the Dixie Flatline construct from Neuromancer (1984), an AI-reconstruction of a brilliant hacker https://williamgibson.fandom.com/wiki/Construct https://williamgibson.fandom.com/wiki/Construct

Timpy 6y ago
Permutation City deals with the artificial consciousnesses too

snaut 6y ago

And before that, Stanisław Lem's novels.