LLMs are solving MCAT, the bar test, SAT etc like they’re nothing. At this point their performance is super human. However they’ll often trip on super simple common sense questions, they’ll struggle with creative thinking.

Is this literally proof that standard tests are not a good measure of intelligence?

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    6 months ago

    But intelligence is the capacity to solve problems. If you can solve problems quickly, you are by definition intelligent.

    the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one’s environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (such as tests)

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intelligence

    It can be measured by objective tests. It’s not subjective like beauty or humor.

    The problem with AI doing these tests is that it has seen and memorized all the previous questions and answers. Many of the tests mentioned are not tests of reasoning, but recall: the bar exam, for example.

    If any random person studied every previous question and answer, they would do well too. No one would be amazed that an answer key knew all the answers.

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      6 months ago

      This is a semantic argument.

      Have you never felt smarter or dumber depending on the situation? If so, did your ability to think abstractly, apply knowledge, or manipulate your environment change? Intelligence is subjective (and colloquial) like beauty and humor.