The term intelligence has popular connotations that dilute its usefulness as a term of art. Once you zoom in on it, as with any abstract folk concept, you reali

The term intelligence has popular connotations that dilute its usefulness as a term of art. Once you zoom in on it, as with any abstract folk concept, you realize that there is no such thing as intelligence and because of that you cannot articulate a sensibly accurate position in a narrow field based on its use. In any sense of applied science “intelligence” is intractable. The historical equivalent definition would be maybe something like “cognitive ability for logic puzzle solving in Western culture” Or maybe you were making a joke, but this is a real problem, and “reason” has the same problem.