AI patent search is actually kind of incredible

It actually finally makes sense to me why AI patent search is a compelling use case for LLMs. By no means are LLMs going to replace attorneys, but as a tool it makes sense: 1. Vocabulary problem: Traditional keyword search fails constantly because inventors and attorneys describe the same concept with wildly different language. Think about how many ways you can describe "a portable device that brews coffee using pressure." Semantic AI search actually solves for that. 2. Freedom-to-operate analysis used to mean expensive outside counsel running lengthy searches across multiple jurisdictions. AI can now rapidly screen large patent sets to identify the subset actually worth deep human review. Same with invalidity searches -- the AI can identify non-obvious connections between documents in adjacent technical fields that a manual search would realistically never find. I'm sold.