And yet there are at least "15 instances where genetic programming has created a...

MaysonL on Aug 23, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why it’s hard to make machines think original thou...

And yet there are at least "15 instances where genetic programming has created an entity that either infringes or duplicates the functionality of a previously patented 20th-century invention, 6 instances where genetic programming has done the same with respect to a 21st-centry invention, and 2 instances where genetic programming has created a patentable new invention."

See http://www.genetic-programming.org/

hthth on Aug 24, 2008 [–]

There are also neural networks that have created patentable inventions. One of them is mentioned in the article.