Indeed, "intelligence" seems to be an ability to make sense between the dots defined by those words. ChatGPT seems to understand this perfectly, this is why it is a master of all languages and actually all information, imho. The irony is that it's those who seem most dependent on the dots defined by words, who dismiss the intelligence of ChatGPT, projecting their own limitations onto it.
But the good thing is it's obviously forcing us all to think harder.