My thoughts are: Intelligence is not an algorithm. Intelligence is a criteria for which many assorted algorithms may be judged. The criteria is making an imp

My thoughts are: Intelligence is not an algorithm. Intelligence is a criteria for which many assorted algorithms may be judged. The criteria is making an improbable outcome - more probable. Any process, biological, mechanical or electronic - that results in narrowing the search space is exhibiting intelligence. Consciousness is not intelligence - it's a feature of biological life that is frequently conflated with intelligence because we have both. No amount of computational power or data creates an emergent consciousness.