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From: fransvo@htsa.uucp (Frans van Otten)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,talk.philosophy.misc
Subject: Re: Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence
Message-ID: <687@htsa.uucp>
Date: 5 Jan 89 10:20:38 GMT
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Reply-To: fransvo@htsa.UUCP (Frans van Otten)
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In article <552@soleil.UUCP> peru@soleil.UUCP (Dave Peru) writes:
>"But essential abilities for intelligence are certainly:
>
>     to respond to situations very flexibly;
>     to take advantage of fortuitous circumstances;
>     to make sense out of ambiguous or contradictory messages;

[ etc. ]

>Does anyone disagree with this?

I disagree. This is not a definition of intelligence, nor are the listed
abilities essential for intelligence. These are mere examples. I really
stick to my definition of intelligence:

  ***  Intelligence: The ability to draw a conclusion.

  ***  Needed:        A database and an algorithm to reach a conclusion
                      based on the data.

  ***  Improvements:  The ability to change the database.
		      The conclusion-algorithm being part of the database,
		      so that the system can add/change algorithms.

I would like to know how other people think about my definition.

-- 
                         Frans van Otten
                         Algemene Hogeschool Amsterdam
			 Technische en Maritieme Faculteit
                         fransvo@htsa.uucp