> I get frustrated often when people argue "well, it isn't really intelligent" and then give examples that are clearly dependent on our brain's chemical state a

> I get frustrated often when people argue "well, it isn't really intelligent" and then give examples that are clearly dependent on our brain's chemical state and our bodies' existence in-the-physical-world. A big part of the problem is that "is" has a wide variety of inconsistent meanings, and that this fact is sub-perceptual, and that it is culturally very inappropriate to comment on aspects of our culture like this, preventing knowledge of the problem from spreading. /u/Swatcoder makes essentially the same point but in much more detail, though regarding less important words.