You're really looking at the dichotomy intelligence / consciousness here, actually. We know what intelligence is. And yes, you can actually have dead intellige

You're really looking at the dichotomy intelligence / consciousness here, actually. We know what intelligence is. And yes, you can actually have dead intelligence, no problem. Intelligence is computing, nothing more. What we don't know is what is consciousness. You seem to belong to the category of people who believe consciousness is mandatory for intelligence. A lot of us feel differently. Even, there are some who believe consciousness is basically an illusion (I do not share this point of view). Look at the Chinese Room thought experiment. Read the novel 'Blindsight' by Peter Watts.