• ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    That’s a disturbing handwave. “We don’t really know what intelligence is, so therefore, anything we call intelligence is fair game”

    A thermometer tells me what temperature it is. It senses the ambient heat energy and responds with a numeric indicator. Is that intelligence?

    My microwave stops when it notices steam from my popcorn bag. Is that intelligence?

    If I open an encyclopedia book to a page about computers, it tells me a bunch of information about computers. Is that intelligence?

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      24 hours ago

      If AI helps us realize that a thermometer fits the definition of Intelligence when it shouldn’t, then it’s entirely valid to refine the definition