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The genie in the machine : how computer-automated inventing is revolutionizing law and business / Robert Plotkin.
2009
G 272 PLO.G
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Title
The genie in the machine : how computer-automated inventing is revolutionizing law and business / Robert Plotkin.
Description
viii, 270 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN
9780804756990
0804756996 cloth
0804756996 cloth
Alternate Call Number
G 272 PLO.G
Summary
This book examines the use of computers to automate the process of inventing. The author argues that since software can conceive of and abandon ideas without biases, and with greater speed and range, computers could boost inventive abilities to undreamed of heights. This would enable small teams, or even consumers, to compete with corporations. The author also looks at how this would affect patents.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-261) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. A prehistory of genies; 2. Enter the universal machine; 3. The rise of wishes; 4. Artificial invention today; 5. Invention automation : old and new; 6. Humans and their tools : partners in invention; 7. Patenting artificial inventions; 8. Follow the value; 9. Free the genie, bottle the wish; 10. The limits of law in a world of genies; 11. Learning how to wish; 12. Competing with genies; 13. Advising Aladdin; 14. A genie in every home.
Series
Stanford law books.
Published
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009.
Language
English
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