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Ask HN: Should IQ tests involve using advanced AI to help you write them?
Would this measure a more useful notion of intelligence?
- gryfft 2y agoNo.
- bradac56 2y agoThere is no LLM that's as smart as a house cat so no.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoDo you mean to take IQ tests, or to create IQ tests? Either way, the answer is no.
- amichail 2y agoI mean to take IQ tests.
- JohnFen 2y agoWhat would be the point?
- amichail 2y agoIt might be a more accurate measure of ability in the age of AI.
- JohnFen 2y agoInteresting. I suppose a discussion about what IQ tests are for and what they measure would be required to really have a useful opinion on the question, though.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoBy that logic, weight-lifters should be able to use hydraulic presses.
- gogurt2000 2y agoI don't know why you would want to let someone use an AI when taking an IQ test. There's already debate about how useful IQ tests are for measuring intelligence. Letting someone use an AI during the test would just further muddy the waters: are you accurately testing the person's cognitive ability or their ability to feed questions into an LLM?
- tptacek 2y agoThis question misconstrues the purpose of an IQ test. IQ doesn't exist to provide a canonical ranking of humans (and LLMs) according to intelligence. They're a diagnostic measure, intended to identify people who require supports. In that individual capacity, they actually have some value. Giving people the ability to "boost" their score makes about as much sense as giving someone beta blockers before taking their blood pressure. Meanwhile, the "Mensa"-type fixation on the upper range of the IQ scale is a cringe affectation.