Computer algoruthm to search for evidence of design? IS this an idea of merit?

Ok I don't believe ID is science personally and I am not on the side of those who do, but I read about about a guy who is trying to publish his data on a computer algorithm to detect whether something has been designed or if it occurs naturally. I think aside from the intelligent design nonsense this would be a pretty big computer science achievement in the field of AI, anyone else think this idea actually has merit