Can artificial intelligence invent new things without human help? Yes, it already has

The question of whether artificial intelligence can invent is nearly 200 years old, going back to the very beginning of computing. Victorian mathematician Ada Lovelace wrote what's generally considered the first computer programme. As she did, she wondered about the limits of what computers could do. The Analytical Engine has no pretensions to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform.