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While life is typically associated with biological systems, intelligence doesn't necessarily need proof of life. A hive, swarm or network can be intelligent as
by mercurialsolo 3y ago
While life is typically associated with biological systems, intelligence doesn't necessarily need proof of life. A hive, swarm or network can be intelligent as long as it shows self-awareness and has agency.
- c_crank 3y agoI'm not disputing that. I just think that intelligence or 'sapience' is not something that requires reverence on our part.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoWhat is then, if anything? Definitely not "being a biological system" - that seems much more boring than intelligence, and the line between "biological" and "non-biological" is somewhat arbitrary and increasingly blurry anyway.
- c_crank 3y agoIt is a quality that makes something good at drawing pictures and writing smart sound replies to prompts. And translating.
- jacobr1 3y agoI'm increasingly thinking the game-theoretic emergent properties of social interaction as described in papers like https://desirism.com/morality-from-the-ground-up https://desirism.com/morality-from-the-ground-up provides a good basis for thinking about this. The distinguishing factor then becomes something like, the agent is is participant in the moral-sphere by having "enough" properties to do so. It still leaves the details of that gradient a bit undefined, but at least specifies the basis upon which to make a judgment.