IBM Patents Implementation of 200-Year-Old Mathematical Technique Using PyTorch
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Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
IBM has been granted a patent for implementing a 200-year-old mathematical technique (generalized continued fractions and series transformations developed by Gauss, Euler, and Ramanujan) using PyTorch's backward() function, framing it as an 'AI interpretability' innovation. The article criticizes IBM for patenting established mathematical methods and suggests this enables patent trolling on fundamental mathematical techniques that have existed for centuries.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledIBM owns the patent to the use of derivatives to find the convergents of a generalized continued fraction.
all they did was implement a number theory technique by Gauss, Euler and Ramanujan in PyTorch and call backward() on the computation graph.
Now IBM's patent trolls can charge rent on a math technique that's existed for over 200 years.
IBM Slapped the Buzzwords 'AI Interpretability' on Generalized Continued Fractions and their Series Transformations and was awarded a Patent
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