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Comment author: timtyler 23 May 2010 07:01:47AM *  3 points [-]

Re: there aren't any easily definable results in the field of intelligence nor are there clear definitions.

There are pretty clear definitions: http://www.vetta.org/definitions-of-intelligence/

Comment author: bogdanb 23 May 2010 07:12:47PM 0 points [-]

Yes, but I guess Marks’ problem was that there are too many clear definitions. Thus, it’s not clear which to use.

Interestingly, many unclear definitions don’t have this particular problem. Clear definitions tend don’t allow as much wiggle room to make them mutually compatible :-)

Comment author: marks 23 May 2010 05:00:18PM 0 points [-]

The fact that there are so many definitions and no consensus is precisely the unclarity. Shane Legg has done us all a great favor by collecting those definitions together. With that said, his definition is certainly not the standard in the field and many people still believe their separate definitions.

I think his definitions often lack an understanding of the statistical aspects of intelligence, and as such they don't give much insight into the part of AI that I and others work on.