INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence is often characterized by a wisdom of worldly things. How much someone knows about certain ideas or concepts.
Alan Turning, a mathematician from WWII became famous for his idea of machine intelligence. His work assisted with the decryption of the NAZI code. For many people, this shows some pretty high intelligence, but of what kind? Sure people can break things down into being “book” smart vs “street” smart, but one can break that down either further. Turning’s machine was intelligent. It gained information and increased its’ knowledge, which allowed it to do its thing.
Many people are turning from this knowledge as intelligence though. Creativity and originality have more of an impact nowadays, especially since access to knowledge is instantaneous with smartphones. People gain knowledge when they are seeking it. The more uncertain they are about a situation, the smarter they can be since they can pick up more information. Now machines can be smart, as Turning’s machine was; run some algorithms and come out with a conclusion. Can a machine think for itself however, and be curious about things it wasn’t programmed to do? That’s the age old question.
Some wouldn’t consider machines “self-intelligent” because of the fact that they aren’t curious beings. Curiosity is often a sign of intelligence. But how are they are not intelligent? Many products literally have the word “SMART” at the beginning. Technology is smart. It mindlessly gathers information when asked for it, when WE ask it to. The day computers start thinking and doing things for themselves (i.e. Artificial Intelligence) we are doomed…