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From: geb@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Gordon E. Banks)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,talk.philosophy.misc
Subject: Re: Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence
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Date: 7 Jan 89 15:12:06 GMT
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In article <687@htsa.uucp> fransvo@htsa.UUCP (Frans van Otten) writes:
>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.
>
Wouldn't an if-then rule be intelligent under such a definition?
I think you need more flexibility than that and prefer Dave's
definition.  There are many different aspects of intelligent.
All intelligent entities, including humans, rarely can display
all of the properties that people would like to say constitute
intelligence.  I suppose that is why the Turing test is so elegant.