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| For Immediate Release |
STUDENTS ENGINEER LIFE FORM THAT EXCRETES GASOLINE AS WASTE MATTER
CAMBRDIGE, MA, April 1, 20??. L. Rafel Reif, president of MIT, announced that a group of computer-science students has demonstrated a new, synthetic life form that excretes high-octane gasoline. Dr. Reif indicated that the student group serendipitously stumbled across the essential ideas during the past month while working on a term project in 6.XXX.
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A spokesperson for the student group explained that some of the members were upset that they would not benefit financially from the discovery, because of MIT's recently announced intellectual-property policy, which establishes MIT ownership of all patentable ideas and copyrightable material developed by students, their ancestors, and descendants.
When asked if the new MIT policy would withstand legal challenges, President Reif explained that innovation is not limited to science and technology. "Law is the next frontier for creative minds," he said, "and this new policy really is the only way we can close the gap in the operating budget."
According to reliable sources, other members of the group worried about whether their project would be viewed as A-level work by their instructor, Professor Patrick H. Winston. As the project was presented to him, he was heard to say, "I don't care how important it is, it's not AI."
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