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"What happens when an LLM outputs a patented algorithm?" remains a huge land mine out there, particularly since patent infringement does not require intent or e
by bandrami 8mo ago
"What happens when an LLM outputs a patented algorithm?" remains a huge land mine out there, particularly since patent infringement does not require intent or even knowledge, and these models have trained on every patent ever granted.
- eru 8mo agoIf you can prove that your LLM did not learn from the patent (eg cut-off for learning was before), then the LLM outputting the algorithm (or product etc) would be pretty good evidence that a practitioner of ordinary competence in the field, or whatever the exact legal wording is, found the whole invention to be trivial.
- bandrami 8mo agoIt doesn't work when that happens with humans so it absolutely wouldn't work when it happens with a machine