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It may be assumed that meta-algorithmics, that is, the creation of algorithms that generate other algorithms, is a human creation as well. |
It may be assumed that meta-algorithmics, that is, the creation of algorithms that generate other algorithms, is a human creation as well. |
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A human programmer must have composed the first algorithm that, in turn, generates new algorithms and as such the initial programmer must be in control of the original idea. |
A human programmer must have composed the first algorithm that, in turn, generates new algorithms and as such the initial programmer must be in control of the original idea. |
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However, this is not necessarily true. |
However, this is not necessarily true. |
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Unlike humanly conceived ideas, where the author is the intellectual owner of the idea, algorithms are processes that define, describe, and implement a series of actions that in turn produce other actions. |
Unlike humanly conceived ideas, where the author is the intellectual owner of the idea, algorithms are processes that define, describe, and implement a series of actions that in turn produce other actions. |
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During the transfer of actions it is possible for a discrepancy to occur between the original intention and the actual result. |
During the transfer of actions it is possible for a discrepancy to occur between the original intention and the actual result. |
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If that happens then, by definition, the author of the algorithm is not in control of, and therefore does not own intellectually from that point on, the resulting process. |
If that happens then, by definition, the author of the algorithm is not in control of, and therefore does not own intellectually from that point on, the resulting process. |
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Theoretically, ownership of an idea is intrinsically connected to the predictability of its outcome, that is, to its intellectual control. |
Theoretically, ownership of an idea is intrinsically connected to the predictability of its outcome, that is, to its intellectual control. |
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Therefore, in the absence of human control the ownership of the algorithmic process must be instead credited to the device that produced it, that is, to the computer. |
Therefore, in the absence of human control the ownership of the algorithmic process must be instead credited to the device that produced it, that is, to the computer. |
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Such a possibility, however, will be objected by those who believe that intellectual ownership can only be credited to an agent that possesses enough intelligence to be aware of its ownership, i.e. possesses consciousness. Unlike humans, computers are not aware of their environment. Perhaps then it may be necessary to define some other kind of awareness that may be only theoretical. This theoretical entity then would be the owner and the reason behind these intellectual phenomena until they possess a physical or legal substance. |