"Likewise, if two mouse embryos are mushed together like a snowball, a single, normal mouse results"
And
"This is intelligence in action: the ability to reach a particular goal or solve a problem by undertaking new steps in the face of changing circumstances"
I write software that can account for changes in context and still reach a particular goal. This is not new, creating TCP from UDP where the network can constantly be changing is not something that I will call "Intelligent". The guy(s) that created the original algorithm are, but the network packets themselves are not.
There are differences between intelligence and just following well crafted procedures.
That is (very limited) intelligence imo. It's nothing more than a very complex, ever increasing set of procedures plus a huge amount of data and a fast processor.
I mean, the more you know about something, the less "magic" it seems. You know algorithms, the author may not. Pretty sure someone from the 1700's would think a smartphone with some personal assistant software on it was intelligent (even if possessed), for example.
"Likewise, if two mouse embryos are mushed together like a snowball, a single, normal mouse results"
And
"This is intelligence in action: the ability to reach a particular goal or solve a problem by undertaking new steps in the face of changing circumstances"
I write software that can account for changes in context and still reach a particular goal. This is not new, creating TCP from UDP where the network can constantly be changing is not something that I will call "Intelligent". The guy(s) that created the original algorithm are, but the network packets themselves are not.
There are differences between intelligence and just following well crafted procedures.