South Africa became the 1st Country in the World to grant Patent to an Artificial Intelligence (AI) System. It has granted a patent related to an Food Container system based on Fractal Geometry invented by the AI system ‘DABUS’ (Device for Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience).
- DABUS was created by Stephen Thaler. Its main functions are Emergency warning system, spoiled food alert and others.
- DABUS is a type of AI, often referred to as ‘creativity machines’. They are capable of independent and complex functioning.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
i.It’s a branch of computer science that deals with creating machines as intelligent as human beings.
ii.The Term was coined by John McCarthy in 1956 at the Dartmouth conference held in the United States.
DRDO’s AI Lab
Center of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), an laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)is involved in Research and Development in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and others. It was established in 1986 in Bangalore
About South Africa
President – Cyril Ramaphosa
Capitals – Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein
Currency – South African RAND
