torekp comments on Superintelligence 9: The orthogonality of intelligence and goals - Less Wrong Discussion
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This brings up another way - comparable to the idea that complex goals may require high intelligence - in which the orthogonality thesis might be limited. I think that the very having of wants itself requires a certain amount of intelligence. Consider the animal kingdom, sphexishness, etc. To get behavior that clearly demonstrates what most people would confidently call "goals" or "wants", you have to get to animals with pretty substantial brain sizes.
This contradicts the definition of intelligence via "the agent getting what it wants".