Sure, intelligence is much like religion or faith, what it is is a very personal matter as well a philosophical matter to each observer. To me if a machine can

Sure, intelligence is much like religion or faith, what it is is a very personal matter as well a philosophical matter to each observer. To me if a machine can make a logical decision that it arrives at via it's own conclusion independent of human involvement (after the initial construction). It can be said to be intelligent. I personally think we have already achieved intelligent machines. Granted not intelligent in the traditional biological sense but intelligent in their own right. I do believe that we are close to hyper-intelligent machines than many think we are. I personally think it will be the next big step. I also believe that it will fundamentally and irrevocably change humanity. It is a Pandora's box that we will not know the ramifications of until we pass that event horizon, it is much like Schrodinger cat, full of possibilities but until we experience the event we will not know how it affects humanity.