In a previous article of February 6, 2020, we discussed the EPO Receiving Section's refusal, in January 2020, of two European patent applications where an AI system called DABUS was indicated as the inventor1 . We then looked at the grounds of the decisions2 (concerning applications EP 18 275 163 and EP 18 275 174 for "food container" and "devices and methods for attracting enhanced attention"), and predicted that the EPO Board of Appeal (BoA) was bound to shed light on the novel and intriguing legal issue of whether a non-human, such as an artificial intelligence (AI), could be named as inventor in the system of the EPC. The BoA has now issued its decision, which is worth commenting. The applicant, one Mr. Stephen Thaler, had filed his appeals against the refusal (cases J 8/20 and J 9/20), along with an auxiliary request whereby no person was allegedly identified as inventor, but a natural person was indicated to hold "the right to the European Patent by virtue of being the owner and creator of" the DABUS AI system. By decision of December 21, 20213, the BoA dismissed the appeal, confirming that the EPC required the inventor to be a person with legal capacity.

The glitches we often see in conversational interfaces like Alexa and Siri reveal to us the unique human ability we have to deploy empathy in conversations and social life. But in order for artificially intelligent machines to learn, more and more we must express ourselves in a reduced language and must simplify the complex range of human expression into something AI can understand. As we learn to live within the narrow confines of the computer,we may increasingly begin to lose the creative expressive potential of our bodies and language,writes David Berry. The imitation game, better known as the Turing test, was developed by Alan Turing in 1950. As one of the early pioneers of computers, he argued that if a computer could imitate a human successfully, it might thereby be thought of as intelligent.

Just the mention of AI and the brain invokes pictures of Terminator machines destroying the world. Thankfully, the present picture is significantly more positive. So, let's explore how AI is helping our planet and at last benefiting humankind. In this blog on Artificial Intelligence applications, I'll be discussing how AI has impacted various fields like healthcare, finance, agriculture, and so on. Marketing is a way to sugar coat your products to attract more customers.

Although many analysts and naysayers discuss the potential effects artificial intelligence may have on jobs in the near future, one thing many people don't think about is the actual cost of implementing artificially intelligent workers in a business. The ROI, or return on investment, is a real concern for any business, so figuring out the ROI for artificial intelligence and automated workers is an important aspect of any company's business model. Here are a few ways to look at the ROI for your company's prospective artificially intelligent workers. Sometimes, it is difficult to hire flesh and blood workers. This is a prime example of a time when automated workers are the perfect solution to a problem; if there are no people to work a particular shift or the work is potentially harmful to the human body, artificially intelligent machines may do this work with no complaints and no damage.

As interest in religion wanes around the world, and secularism surges, religious leaders have begun searching for innovative ways to spread their message and connect with potential adherents. In the United States, some churches have relaxed dress codes, revamped worship spaces and churned out sermons that place less emphasis on sin, all while embracing Instagram and refashioning faith as a lifestyle brand. In Japan -- where low fertility rates and an aging population are reducing religious affiliation -- Buddhist priests have been warning for more than a decade that their ancient tradition risks extinction. To reverse course, a Kyoto temple has settled on a new plan for connecting with the masses, one that channels ancient wisdom through the technology of the future. Its name is "Mindar," a mostly aluminum androgynous robotic priest who gives plain-spoken sermons that are designed to stimulate interest in Buddhist teachings, according to the machine's designers. Although the robot preaches, it is not programmed to converse with worshipers, though its sermons are translated to English and Chinese on a nearby wall, creators say.

Artificial intelligence is already a part of everyday life. It helps us answer questions like "Is this email spam?" It identifies friends in online photographs, selects news stories based on our politics and helps us deposit checks via our phones--if all somewhat imperfectly. But these applications are just the beginning. Through advances in computer science, researchers are creating new capabilities that have the potential to improve our lives in ways we have yet to imagine.

It's no secret that AI is being applied to virtually everything, but this was a big week for enterprise conversational AI. Salesforce's Einstein debuted a platform for businesses to deploy bots on apps and websites, Facebook Messenger is coming to the web, and Microsoft Word now has a Resume Assistant imbued with intelligence from LinkedIn. It's pretty exciting to see Microsoft begin to incorporate insights from LinkedIn into products like Cortana and Microsoft Word. Using AI to determine the best job title to put on a resume can be powerful, as Indeed demonstrated last month at VB Summit, but the most intriguing part of the assistant may be its ability to surface good examples of work experience derived from LinkedIn public profiles written by humans. Salesforce's bots can be configured to only operate when a business is closed, and if the bot lacks confidence in its answer to a question or a high-value lead lands on your website, the conversation can be routed to an experienced (human) customer service agent.

Much like cloning, people are entertaining serious speculations in the acceptance of artificial intelligence. Many are of the opinion that such technology will eventually result in the elimination of the human race or in its suppression, just as seen in certain Sci-Fi movies. Others believe that the technology will be a considerable threat to jobs. Without jobs, there will be unrest, which would still, eventually, lead to the breakdown of the human race. But really, how accurate are these allegations or beliefs?

You don't have to dig too deeply into the archive of dystopian science fiction to uncover the horror that intelligent machines might unleash. The Matrix and The Terminator are probably the most well-known examples of self-replicating, intelligent machines attempting to enslave or destroy humanity in the process of building a brave new digital world. The prospect of artificially intelligent machines creating other artificially intelligent machines took a big step forward in 2017. However, we're far from the runaway technological singularity futurists are predicting by mid-century or earlier, let alone murderous cyborgs or AI avatar assassins. The first big boost this year came from Google.

You don't have to dig too deeply into the archive of dystopian science fiction to uncover the horror that intelligent machines might unleash. The Matrix and The Terminator are probably the most well-known examples of self-replicating, intelligent machines attempting to enslave or destroy humanity in the process of building a brave new digital world. The prospect of artificially intelligent machines creating other artificially intelligent machines took a big step forward in 2017. However, we're far from the runaway technological singularity futurists are predicting by mid-century or earlier, let alone murderous cyborgs or AI avatar assassins. The first big boost this year came from Google.