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zzrafz comments on What is the difference between rationality and intelligence? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: zzrafz 13 August 2014 05:48:08PM 0 points [-]

It is said by some that intelligence is the capability to adapt, to change, while rationality is doing the most logical thing. For instance: a computer that makes investments by itself - a rational computer, using logic to maximize profits. A computer that invents something - a smart, intelligent computer, that has developed some level of intelligence and is using that to chang its environment instead of merely working on it.