An LLM is not (yet) a person skilled in the art (T 1193/23)

In the new AI-age, where Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT can generate sophisticated textual answers in seconds, the relevance of AI to the patent industry is an active area of debate. The recent EPO Board of Appeal in T 1193/23 specifically questioned the reliability of LLM-generated interpretations for technical terms within patent claims. Central to this case was the question of