>the problem is that in order to develop an intuition for questions that LLMs can answer, the user will at least need to know something about the topic beforehand. I believe that this lack of initial understanding of the user input

I think there's a parallel here for the internet as an i formation source. It delivered on "unlimited knowledge at the tip of everyone's fingertips" but lowering the bar also lowered the bar.

That access "works" only when the user is capable of doing their part too. Evaluating sources, integrating knowledge. Validating. Cross examining.

Now we are just more used to recognizing that accessibility comes with its own problem.

Some of this is down to general education. Some to domain expertize. Personality plays a big part.

The biggest factor is, i think, intelligence. There's a lot of 2nd and 3rd order thinking required to simultaneously entertain a curiosity, consider of how the LLM works, and exercise different levels of skepticism depending on the types of errors LLMs are likely to make.

Using LLMs correctly and incorrectly is.. subtle.