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thomblake comments on Stupid Questions Open Thread Round 3 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: thomblake 10 July 2012 06:22:27PM 0 points [-]

but I've never seen a convincing argument that intelligence scales with optimization power

"optimization power" is more-or-less equivalent to "intelligence", in local parlance. Do you have a different definition of intelligence in mind?

Comment author: faul_sname 10 July 2012 10:09:06PM 0 points [-]

One that doesn't classify evolution as intelligent.

Comment author: thomblake 11 July 2012 01:49:22PM 0 points [-]

So the nonapples theory of intelligence, then?

Comment author: faul_sname 11 July 2012 03:52:54PM 1 point [-]

More generally, a theory that requires modeling of the future for something to be intelligent.