- Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 5,659,666
- Filed: 13 October 1994
- In the name of: Stephen L Thaler
- Title: Device For The Autonomous Generation Of Useful Information
- What’s claimed: “An artificial neural network based discovery device comprising a first artificial neural network trained to produce an input-output mapping within a predetermined knowledge domain, the knowledge domain being incorporated within the first artificial neural network in a plurality of weights and biases established therein, means for subjecting the first artificial neural network to progressively increasing degrees of perturbation so that the knowledge domain of the first artificial neural network is progressively degraded and the neural network produces outputs which progressively differ from the outputs which would be mapped by the first artificial neural network if the knowledge domain thereof were not degraded, a second artificial neural network associated with the first artificial neural network so as to receive at least one of the outputs therefrom and trained to identify potentially desirable outputs as they are produced by the first artificial neural network, means for feeding back from the second artificial neural network to a portion of the first artificial neural network outputs generated from the second artificial neural network.”
- Why this patent rocks: This appears to be one of the patents relating to Dr Stephen L Thaler’s “Creativity Machine”, an artificial intelligence (AI) product. Thaler writes that “creativity machines may perform remarkable feats of invention and discovery, ranging from the composition of music to the prediction of totally new ultrahard materials.” For more information, see here. It is interesting to note that Dr Stephen L Thaler is also known for his ‘Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience’ (DABUS), which relates to one of the biggest patent matters involving whether DABUS, as an AI system, can be designated as an inventor in patent applications. If you would like to read more about this matter, see here.
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