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I'm familiar with this definition but find it lacking. It has utility as a working definition for gesturing towards a desirable goal. My problem with such a def
by TheAceOfHearts 3y ago
I'm familiar with this definition but find it lacking. It has utility as a working definition for gesturing towards a desirable goal. My problem with such a definition is that it doesn't clarify anything, it basically shifts the problem over to one where human or animal intelligence is treated as a magical black box. Sorry if this comes off as a bit pedantic, I understand that research into new and unknown fields can take a while before landing on more accurate and unambiguous definitions.
- pointlessone 3y agoI think of it a little differently. Human or animal intelligence here is a somewhat useful reference point. As an analogy, think of the first steam engines. They were replacing horses so why not measure their primary function in units of horse power? We had a somewhat rigorous physical framework for work and power but it probably wasn't well understood by the target audience to be useful. While we don't seem to have a scientifically rigorous definition of intelligence we still can have a somewhat useful discussions about utility in reference to another familiar instance of intelligence.