"I don't think that word means what you think it means."
Currently, I find it challenging to articulate my thoughts on intelligence due to its profound connection to the concept of life. While contemporary discourse frequently discusses non-life intelligence, there is a notable absence of a precise definition for living intelligence. We have reached a point where most individuals perceive intelligence as problem-solving. Interestingly, this perspective is relatively recent in historical context.
Is intelligence more than problem-solving? Is it more than merely perceiving the environment and making functional contributions to it? Furthermore, in the case of non-life intelligence, we should question the purpose of its functional contributions.
I explicitly assert that a bacterium can exhibit these characteristics as a result of evolution. It possesses the knowledge that sugar is beneficial, actively seeks it, and avoids toxins. This ability necessitates an organism that invests effort to sustain its existence.
Therefore, I propose that intelligence comprises two essential components: Agency and Rationality. First, our human agency detector is highly developed. It is crucial for humans to identify agents in their environment as social beings and hunter-gatherers. Second, the ability to interact constructively with the environment. Evolution by natural selection is essential for this capability, as organisms must be adapted to their surroundings.
Rationality in the not solving a problem way. Rationality as internal coherence over time. Rationality should help explain what motivates the agent to act. Internal judgment is required, predating any problem to solve.
So intelligence is necessary for life, and non-life can only imitate rationality and agency, and thus by deduction cannot be called intelligent, and should never be called intelligent.
Currently, I find it challenging to articulate my thoughts on intelligence due to its profound connection to the concept of life. While contemporary discourse frequently discusses non-life intelligence, there is a notable absence of a precise definition for living intelligence. We have reached a point where most individuals perceive intelligence as problem-solving. Interestingly, this perspective is relatively recent in historical context.
Is intelligence more than problem-solving? Is it more than merely perceiving the environment and making functional contributions to it? Furthermore, in the case of non-life intelligence, we should question the purpose of its functional contributions.
I explicitly assert that a bacterium can exhibit these characteristics as a result of evolution. It possesses the knowledge that sugar is beneficial, actively seeks it, and avoids toxins. This ability necessitates an organism that invests effort to sustain its existence.
Therefore, I propose that intelligence comprises two essential components: Agency and Rationality. First, our human agency detector is highly developed. It is crucial for humans to identify agents in their environment as social beings and hunter-gatherers. Second, the ability to interact constructively with the environment. Evolution by natural selection is essential for this capability, as organisms must be adapted to their surroundings.
Rationality in the not solving a problem way. Rationality as internal coherence over time. Rationality should help explain what motivates the agent to act. Internal judgment is required, predating any problem to solve.
So intelligence is necessary for life, and non-life can only imitate rationality and agency, and thus by deduction cannot be called intelligent, and should never be called intelligent.