[arthens]

Moral considerations aside, I'm really skeptical of the assumption that following LLM instructions = low IQ.

As always, HN is a very biased audience. Most of us have probably read about how LLMs are the best bullshitters in the world, and we've seen a lot examples like this that prove how little LLMs can be trusted.

But in the general population? I'd bet there's plenty of intelligent people who haven't had the same exposure to LLM critiques and might trust their output out of ignorance rather than lack of intelligence.

[hnfong]

I agree, and I think there might be an argument to be made that people with higher IQ are more prone to believing in (gramatically) well-written texts from authoritative-looking sources.

After all, people with higher IQ are used to reading books and believing them, whereas those with supposedly lower IQ tend to dismiss books and experts, instead believing in their own real-world experiences.

I'll provide an example from a comment I wrote a while ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35540356