[riedel]

I also have been discussing this idea with others for some time and wonder how it can be exploited to break or improve the patent system. While some now try to patent things build by an AI, I think the other would be interesting: creating random claims using patent language and timestamp those. Combine this with some kind of similarity search to link the generated stuff as prior knowledge to any newly created patent application. Reinforce the generator by its ability to 'predict' patents. Use the argument that patent offices use to fend of ai patents against them: if a computer can generate the creative height cannot be sufficient...

[lachstar-x]

I understand the impulse however the cost for submitting a patent is around the half-million US dollar mark (or so i have been told by patent lawyers) so I think improving the process and helping genuine innovations get some protection would be better

[Buttons840]

Maybe through prior art. If AI can reliably produce patents, it can also reliably produce prior art by the trillions, all of which can invalidate new patents.

[amelius]

Why use an AI when you can use a force of angry HN-ers to submit billions of ideas to bring the patent system down?