A quick update post: generative AIs are improving. If you review some of my previous posts about their ability to perform some of my tasks, patent searches in particular, you'll recall that the most basic available tools (ChatGPT 3, for example) failed abysmally in all respects.
From there, they improved slightly, but most still were unable to produce accurate results, if any.
After testing a few more recent iterations, I found some improvements. The best so far is from Perplexity.ai, which produced one set of search results, to an extent:
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| At least there are results and they mostly make sense |
Of course, if you're familiar with US patents, you've likely spotted that some of these aren't truly recent--we surpassed patent 11 million in the US in May of 2021, so patent no. 6,861,123 is... old. Three are also patent applications, from 2021, 2023, and 2014. One is almost a decade old, and potentially none have been granted.
I tried a more specific prompt, hoping for less generic results, and that was just too much to handle:
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| Generative AI is really amateur compared to a librarian |
However, it is worth noting that Perplexity.ai always provides sources.
Also, generative AI clearly isn't meant to replace advanced searching. Maybe one day.
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