Comment by beachy

17 hours ago

> [0] before someone responds "there's no definition of intelligence", don't be stupid.

Way to subdue discussion - complaining about replies before you get any.

But you're wrong, or rather it's irrelevant whether something has intelligence or not, if it is effectively diagnosing your illness from scans or hunting you with drones as you scuttle in and out of caves. It's good enough for purpose, whether it conforms to your academic definition of "having intelligence" or not.

  > Way to subdue discussion

If you want to be dismissive and with quick quips that's not a discussion. There's plenty to respond to without relying on "there's no definition of intelligence" and definitely not "so I'll just make one up".

  >  or rather it's irrelevant whether something has intelligence or not

But it seems like you want to be dismissing, not engage in discussion.

  > whether it conforms to your academic definition of "having intelligence" or not.

Why pretend like I don't care that it works? In fact, that's the primary motivation of making these distinctions.