>Well, the problem here is that we keep expecting "real intelligence" to have magical properties: we expect intelligence to be a way of creating new and interesting thoughts
I think we might have to step into borderline philosophical subjects like epistemology and sentience depending on who you talk to to define intelligence and whether you're the free will group or determinism group and so on.
I think you might agree with the statement that we can't yet come to a strict definition of what intelligence is, and once we have it, if we are going for intelligence or something more akin to stuff independent of intelligence like sentience and creative thought.
I'm personally in the determinist group and agree that there is nothing inherently magical about intelligence, just us being simpletons who cannot comprehend how a microprocessor works when you just give the latest intel chip. It is so complex that we need a lot of time and energy to comprehend it, but like the intel chip, I believe there is a design aspect to the human brain rather than it being a magical black box.
The problem is, the majority of us are the simpletons and have a long way to go before we have the knowledge that the intel chip makers have.
I apologize for the bad intel chip analogy, I probably could've come up with something better :)
I think we might have to step into borderline philosophical subjects like epistemology and sentience depending on who you talk to to define intelligence and whether you're the free will group or determinism group and so on.
I think you might agree with the statement that we can't yet come to a strict definition of what intelligence is, and once we have it, if we are going for intelligence or something more akin to stuff independent of intelligence like sentience and creative thought.
I'm personally in the determinist group and agree that there is nothing inherently magical about intelligence, just us being simpletons who cannot comprehend how a microprocessor works when you just give the latest intel chip. It is so complex that we need a lot of time and energy to comprehend it, but like the intel chip, I believe there is a design aspect to the human brain rather than it being a magical black box.
The problem is, the majority of us are the simpletons and have a long way to go before we have the knowledge that the intel chip makers have.
I apologize for the bad intel chip analogy, I probably could've come up with something better :)