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From: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Turing Test and Subject Bias
Summary: On the definition of "Intelligence"
Keywords: Intelligence, Idea, Problem, Thinking
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Date: 13 Jun 89 21:11:20 GMT
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In article <3075@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> gilbert@cs.glasgow.ac.uk
(Gilbert Cockton) writes:

 > It is the idea that intelligence is a definable, measurable property
 > which is a perversion.

Perhaps I am a bit perverted, but, when *I* use the word, "intelligence",
I mean "the ability to think and solve problems".

I define a "problem" as "an undesired state of affairs for which
an appropriate idea has not yet been generated or agreed upon."

I define "idea" as "a possibility for changing the state of affairs."

I define "thinking" as "a rational form of information processing
which reduces the entropy or uncertainty of a knowledge base, generates
solutions to outstanding problems, and conceives goal-oriented courses
of action."

--Barry Kort