Will AI Destroy the Meritocracy?

There is a lot of debate about whether artificial intelligence, large language models (LLMs) in particular, will make people smarter or dumber. The case for dumber is that LLMs can be used as a substitute for learning. Rather than struggling through a subject and working your brain around understanding it, you can just have an LLM produce the desired output. The case for smarter is that LLMs can be used like a very patient tutor who answers your questions and thereby helps you understand and…