Re: Plus ca change
Except of course that he did conceive it. He put together the technology that created something new and innovative; without his input and his analysis of the output none of this would have happened.
That he delegated the detail work to a computer doesn't mean he isn't the inventor. Patent holders never need to be able to describe how to come up with a new idea, they just need to be able to articulate the one for which they're seeking the patent. He's done that.