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The point is valid about performance over time changing, but using an LLM to see if a number is prime is a terrible use of the product.

It does, of course, give you a correct answer if you have the wolfram alpha plugin installed, though.



Solving an IQ test is also not useful by itself, but it is a good benchmark of intelligence.


> it is a good benchmark of intelligence.

This is not well-established, and is subject to a great deal of dispute amongst experts in the field.


What is incredibly well established is that g is incredibly predictive for many life outcomes from income to educational attainment to drug addiction. This is what IQ test measures.

The only thing disputed is whether g is the same thing as “intelligence”, and the only dispute there is from softer science fields because “intelligence” is a word without a precise definition and a lot of feelings and opinions wrapped up in it.


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For the same reason any racial supremacy stereotype is tattoo: because it's toxic, not because it's valid.




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