What do you think is the answer to this?

[Big Dipper]

At some point I came up with a question that I've been unable to answer nor able to find anyone to answer it. The question is:

Who is smarter: A puzzle maker or a puzzle solver?

Eventually I just ended up asking chatgpt and I got some interesting answers:

"The puzzle maker understands the world enough to hide truth within mystery. The puzzle solver understands themselves enough to find it."​

This actually made me laugh because it made me think of Lord Satan as the puzzle maker that sometimes hides higher knowledge behind other knowledge. Like in order to protect those that are not ready for higher knowledge. And also Mythology, with stories like the minotaur and sisyphus being allegories to teach, even though a lot of bad "puzzle solvers" believe them to be fun fictional stories, or "Myths".

ChatGpt had 2 other answers, but they don't sit right with me, because the first one reminds me of Zevism and the next 2 sound more like Mortal to Mortal affairs. Especially when the gods DO guide.

"The puzzle maker sees the path and obscures it; the solver walks blind and still finds the way. Intelligence may lie in the making — but wisdom lies in the seeking."
"The puzzle maker plays with knowledge. The solver plays with doubt. True brilliance might be in knowing how to do both."

What do you guys think of the riddle/answers?

 

[FancyMancy]

Neither. I don't think creating or solving puzzles is a sign of, or a lack of, intelligence. Intelligence is multifaceted and not limited to pattern recognition or spacial (spatial) awareness of different parts being reconfigured into a picture. Some more logical, as opposed to creative, people would take each piece and go through each piece systematically and methodically until all the items in column 1 are rearranged into column 2. Is this intelligent? It is brute force and will guarantee the correct outcome/conclusion/result, the same as being more wavey and loose and checking different items due to similar colours or shape-forming.