I am bothered by this use of the word ‘intelligence ‘. To my mind, intelligence is a comparative term, like height, weight, etc. if the universe consisted of one individual, how could you say tall or short without some reference to a norm or population. Further, the idea of multiple individuals implies separate copies of a specific thing/person that can communicate . So how can we talk about the intelligence of a piece of glass? Humans been fascinated for a long time with animals and automatons that can mimic human behaviors- is a poodle that walks more intelligent than a beagle that does not? Is a mechanical Turk in a box intelligent? I wonder how long it will be before someone discovers the artificial intelligence embodied in mechanical clocks - they convert the stored energy of a spring into a sequence of numbers
