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minus-squaressfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoThat’s a disturbing handwave. “We don’t really know what intelligence is, so therefore, anything we call intelligence is fair game” A thermometer tells me what temperature it is. It senses the ambient heat energy and responds with a numeric indicator. Is that intelligence? My microwave stops when it notices steam from my popcorn bag. Is that intelligence? If I open an encyclopedia book to a page about computers, it tells me a bunch of information about computers. Is that intelligence?
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIf AI helps us realize that a thermometer fits the definition of Intelligence when it shouldn’t, then it’s entirely valid to refine the definition
That’s a disturbing handwave. “We don’t really know what intelligence is, so therefore, anything we call intelligence is fair game”
A thermometer tells me what temperature it is. It senses the ambient heat energy and responds with a numeric indicator. Is that intelligence?
My microwave stops when it notices steam from my popcorn bag. Is that intelligence?
If I open an encyclopedia book to a page about computers, it tells me a bunch of information about computers. Is that intelligence?
If AI helps us realize that a thermometer fits the definition of Intelligence when it shouldn’t, then it’s entirely valid to refine the definition