> Imagine a not-too-distant future where artificial intelligence (AI) systems develop a new compound that could cure cancer, and no human can be fairly identified as the inventor. What happens next?<p>> Under current patent law, the answer is simple but troubling: if no human can be listed as the inventor, no one owns the patent.<p>Tell me why anyone, or any<i>thing</i>, should "own" a patent for the cure for cancer.