AI Application To Intellectual Property Law (IP), Fourth Amendment Law

One of the hottest topics that modern science has been focusing on for a long time is the field of artificial intelligence, the study of intelligence in machines or, according to Minsky, “the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men”.(qtd in Copeland 1). Artificial Intelligence has a lot of applications and is used in many areas. “We often don’t notice it but AI is all around us. It is present in computer games, in the cruise control in our cars and the servers that route our email.” (BBC 1). Different goals have been set for the science of Artificial Intelligence, but according to Whitby the most mentioned idea about the goal of AI is provided by the Turing Test. This test is also called the

“We’ve given our children everything that they have wanted. Is this our reward-- secrecy and disobedience?”(Bradbury). In the futuristic short story, “The Veldt,” written by the the well-know author, Ray Bradbury, two parents, George and Lydia have purchased a house with artificial intelligence; as a result, it has done everything for them and their kids, Peter and Wendy. Artificial intelligence, or AI, is known as any work brought forth by technology-- including machines, computers, etc.— and is becoming more relied on by the human race. According to Or Shani, the CEO of Adgorithms— the first company to develop and use AI for marketing— dates signs of AI back to Ancient Greece; however, for a long period of time, it was overlooked and not valued much (Shani). As we

This article begins by outlining the tragic death of an artificial intelligence robot, named Steve. Steve’s accidental death, by stairs, raises a lot of new questions surrounding robots, and their rights. In his article, Leetaru, discusses the range of questions that have sparked from not only Steve’s death, but the rise of advanced robot mechanics. While the Silicon Valley is busy grinding out new plans and models of robots, especially security robots, how can we establish what a mechanical robot is entitled to? Leetaru offers many different scenarios concerning robots against aggressors, in hopes to reveal that these rights be outlined with the rise in usage of this technology. The article speculates how in the future, when these robots

What’s the first thing you think of when someone says, “Artificial Intelligence”? The Terminator? Perhaps the Matrix trilogy? Ever since the inception of the computer, science fiction has brought us scenes of super-intelligent computers who want to take over all of mankind. In reality, Artificial Intelligence is still in it’s infancy, and has done much more good for humans than bad. Over time, people’s perspective of AI has changed drastically. We have gone from thinking that AI will take over the world and obliterate mankind to thinking about all the benefits we can get from AI. The change in people’s perspective lately towards a more positive view of AI has boosted the production, sales, and advancement of home automation and AI, making

Lycan provides us a distinct definition of Artificial Intelligence as being “the science of getting machines to perform jobs that normally require intelligence and judgement.” (Lycan, p.350) The argument

Due to the ways that the media depicts futuristic dystopias, many fear the potential reality of a world conquered by entities of artificial intelligence. In their article “Let’s Stop Freaking Out About Artificial Intelligence”, Eric Schmidt and Sebastian Thrun argue that the continual effort towards developing artificial intelligence (AI) will provide assistance to humanity essential for building a better future. Although AI is currently limited to mindless tasks that don’t range past folding laundry and customer service, Schmidt and Thrun believe that the development of AI “Is truly a global effort, with global potential” (Schmidt and Thrun par. 10). As with many of the innovations that define humanity, AI has the capabilities to replace human

Writers Vernor Vinge and Ray Kurzweil have written about a historical event that will occur with artificial intelligence (AI) technology, where we create a new form of intelligent life. This new AI will make us question our existence and what it means to be “human”, a point of no return for technological history. Kurzweil focused on AI development and the fusion between computers and humans, and while this may sound improbable, we have seen the impacts already: Google’s DeepMind, IBM’s Watson, changes in technology for transportation (self-driving cars, car share services/taxis), medicine (Google’s verily, deep learning algorithms for medical diagnosis), the financial sector (bitcoin/digital currency trading, ‘robot advisors’), consumer sales

The idea that machines and technology can, and are, becoming “intelligent” is a scary thought. Throughout the history of technology, there has been a steady increase in the capabilities of software, and much research has gone into how these capabilities can be used to “better” our lives. In our lives today, we all use some form of Artificial Intelligence daily. Some of these activities include: using cellular apps (Google Maps, Siri, Cortana), playing video games, and listening to music. Although the use of Artificial Intelligence has made human life more efficient and effective, it has also insinuated reliance and unsuspecting ignorance into our minds as well, and we do not even see it coming.

In Minds, Brains, and Programs, John Searle provided various counterarguments to the proposition that strong artificial intelligence is similar to human cognition and that machines are able to have similar cognitive experiences as humans, such as having intentions, as long as it has the right program. The purpose of this article was to demonstrate opposing approaches, which outlined that the theory of strong AI is flawed. The author did this by providing examples of how to disqualify the support for the theoretical perspective that machines, even though they have the appropriate programming, still cannot understand as humans do. Through various explanations and replies to the arguments, Searle makes his point and give examples of the promises.

Whereas the short-term impact of AI depends on who controls it, the long-term impact depends on whether it can be controlled at all."

However, to the observer, it looks as if the machine is equally intelligent. Machines that are truly intelligent, part of a group called “cognitive artificial intelligence,” are yet to be invented. That is not to say that there has not been intense research in the area. Ray Kurzweil, a noted artificial intelligence inventor and researcher, believes that by the year 2020, software that allows machines to match the abilities of a human brain will become available (Brown). As the world is still almost a decade away from this point in time, it is difficult to tell whether this will be the case. In any case, though, it seems certain that much time and effort will be invested in developing programs and machines that can think with the same ability as a human.

While some human ideas become invalid as a consequence of the nature of AI (e.g. incest laws may become unnecessary), others become tangled and complicated. For example, how should illegal immigration and property be handled under this framework? Since AI are fundamentally tied to the hardware they reside on, does the owner of the hardware have ownership of the AI? Does transferring data from one piece of hardware to another in a different nation require the AI to go through an immigration process? While not explicitly solved by the framework, I do propose that issues like these may be fixed if we consider the internet part of the AI domain. That is, we form a symbolic relationship with AI: We use their domain to communicate, and AI rely on our hardware for their existence. Hardware would then become “immigration borders”—where transferring AI by physically moving a hard drive would require immigration to the physical world. That also asserts that humans no longer have property of AI data, but rather they have property of the transportation medium of the data. They would then be responsible for the AI lives on the hard drive and perhaps could be held accountable for any AI deaths they cause e.g. by accidental deletion or destruction of the

Artificial intelligence had always been a product of science fiction movies. From friendly robots that help each other get off a distant planet in Wall-E to robots having the ability to fall in love with humans in Her and Ex-Machina to droids helping the Jedi Knights in Star Wars, artificially intelligent robots have been a presence to my generation on the big screen. However, after deciding early in my college career that I wanted to study computer science, the world of artificial intelligence became a reality. Meeting with Professor John E. Laird was the first step in opening that door.

Artificial Intelligence is a topic within the public media that has existed for decades, but is now a concern due to the reality of human advancement and innovation in the field of science and technology. Many people believe that computers will become self-aware or sentient and view humanity as a disposable resource and gain supremacy. Reasoning that research on the technology should halt and not become more advance. Whereas others believe they will help catapult research and the economy forward, supporting the operations and innovations the technology offers. The complicated and divided solutions to the debate aren’t obvious, but there are more benefits to improving artificial intelligence than there is stopping it. Therefore, the negative effects people believe will occur can be resolved.