No. It is not intelligent at all to confidently assert false things you know nothing about, and humans don’t do this outside of compulsive liars. For example…

A few days ago I asked ChatGPT where a Spurgeon quote came from. Response:

“That quote is widely attributed to Charles Spurgeon, but pinning down an exact sermon or written source is surprisingly difficult—and that’s a red flag.

Short answer There’s no well-attested primary source (sermon, lecture, or publication) where Spurgeon clearly says that exact wording.” Etc. etc. … Why it sounds like Spurgeon It fits his theology and rhetoric almost perfectly: • etc etc. … Closest authentic themes (but not the quote) Spurgeon repeatedly says things like: • etc etc. … So the quote is basically: a modern condensation of real Spurgeon ideas, not a verifiable citation etc. etc.”

Utter bullshit. One web search produces the full sermon manuscript with the quote.

One could argue that the previous context in the thread primed the LLM to fail here, but once again, a person is not confused by the change of topic.