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Polymorph Wants a Cracker? Is AI an Inventor or “Stochastic Parrot” Hacker? (94171)
Session Chair: Lin Allen
This presentation will be live-streamed via Zoom (Online Access)
Friday, 16 May 2025 11:15
Session: Session 1
Room: Live-Stream Room 4
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
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This study explores the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit case Thaler v. Vidal (2022), which ruled that artificial intelligence cannot be classified as an “inventor”, rendering AI ineligible for patenting. Through an exploration of rhetorical mystification and demystification of AI, arguments presented by Plaintiff Stephen Thaler will be contrasted with arguments presented by Appellant Katherine K. Vidal. Arguments will be charted according to rhetorical and linguistic theorist Kenneth Burke’s model of dramatism, featuring twenty possible pentadic ratio pairings of terms including scene, act, agent, agency, and purpose. For example, a scene/agent ratio casts a different meaning than does an act/purpose ratio. Of special note is how a repositioning of emphasis on these pentadic terms inscribes the way in which artificial intelligence is conceptualized and codified within legal spheres—whether it invents or merely imitates.
RQ1: How does language cast the role of artificial intelligence as imitator or inventor?
RQ2: What are the rhetorical challenges of codifying artificial intelligence in a legal domain?
Authors:
Lin Allen, University of Northern Colorado, United States
About the Presenter(s)
Professor Lin Allen is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at University of Northern Colorado in United States
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