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d4rkn0d3z 4 days ago

Human beings' IQ test results can vary significantly based on how much money is in their pockets. For example, if a farmer takes an IQ test before crops are harvested and sold they score lower than after crops are sold, in the same year.

It seems fairly obvious to me that an LLM is the projection intelligence in the language domain. In other words, if you killed Intelligence and gave it a push in direction of language, the chalk outline you could draw around its dead body on the ground would be an LLM.

Full disclosure: I have taken 2 IQ tests, both online and timed. First was in late 90's after graduated electonics eng. was free, scored 149. After 4 years and obtaining theoretical physics degree, I did another scoring 169. The second test was not free, but I did not pay. I got the second test results because the test site owner personally emailed me my results for free with congrads, because they were the highest ever recorded on the site to date. I did both for fun just see the questions, I think both results are meaningless, the same variability occurs on farmers studied as mentioned above.

sejje 3 days ago | parent [-]

What did your disclosure add to your point? They seem totally detached, the later being a brag.

d4rkn0d3z 3 days ago | parent [-]

The point is quite clear, if you think this is a brag you missed it though. Here it is again, pay attention; if a farmer has their IQ score change 15-20% by harvesting and selling their crop. Then it is very hard see a change in IQ score as a meaningful metric for intelligence, at least for humans that is.

sejje 3 days ago | parent [-]

How do your online scores contribute to the point?

d4rkn0d3z 3 days ago | parent [-]

Their difference is about the same. If you think this is a brag you must have also missed me saying the scores are meaningless in my view. The questions are great fun though.

A better way to get at intelligence metrics would be to test over a number of years in many ways, again for humans.

BriggyDwiggs42 3 days ago | parent [-]

The accuracy of the tests is known to drop above the ~140 range. Not a fan of IQ, but not convinced this means anything either.

d4rkn0d3z 3 days ago | parent [-]

IQ tests measure who had a good day.