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From: alf@ttds.UUCP (Thomas Sjoeland)
Newsgroups: net.ai
Subject: Re: Behavioristic definition of intelligence
Message-ID: <137@ttds.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 21-Nov-83 06:04:05 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 21 06:04:05 1983
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Doesn't the concept "intelligence" have some characteristics in common with
a concept such as "traffic"?  It seems obvious that one can measure such
entities as "traffic intensity" and the like thereby gaining an indirect
understanding of the conditions that determine the "traffic" but it seems
very difficult to find a direct measure of "traffic" as such.  Some may say
that "traffic" and "traffic intensity" are synonymous concepts but I don't
agree.  The common opinion among psychologists seems to be that
"intelligence" is that which is measured by an intelligence test.  By
measuring a set of problem solving skills and weighing the results together
we get a value.  Why not call it "intelligence" ?  The measure could be
applicable to machine intelligence also as soon as (if ever) we teach the
machines to pass intelligence tests.  It should be quite clear that
"intelligence" is not the same as "humanness" which is measured by a Turing
test.