I think the point that BillK was getting at in posting the collection of
definitions is that there is no one definition. Intelligence and general
intelligence is one of those things that is hard to define, but we
(probably) know it when we see it.
If you can't find a source for your definition and you don't have any
very compelling reason to introduce a new definition, then I would
suggest working with one that is already published and that you can cite
(rather than adding yet another definition to the very long list).
As for what might be a weakness of your definition: I can imagine that a
person who has lost the ability to gain new knowledge, could still have
the ability to use general purpose reasoning skills to solve novel
problems in novel contexts. Your definition would exclude them from
having 'general intelligence'.
Also, you use words like 'knowledge', 'context' and 'correctly': these
could be interpreted very widely depending on the ... uh... context.
-Benjamin Johnston
Jiri Jelinek wrote:
BillK,
thanks for the link.
All,
I don't want to trigger a long AGI definition talk, but can one or two
of you briefly tell me what might be wrong with the definition I
mentioned in the initial post:
"General intelligence is the ability to gain knowledge in one context
and correctly apply it in another."
Thanks,
Jiri
On Nov 6, 2007 5:29 AM, BillK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 11/6/07, Jiri Jelinek wrote:
Did you read the following definition somewhere?
"General intelligence is the ability to gain knowledge in one context
and correctly apply it in another."
I found it in notes I wrote for myself a few months ago and I'm not
sure now about the origin.
Might be one of my attempts, might not be. I ran a quick google search
(web and my emails) - no hit.
This article might be useful.
<http://www.machineslikeus.com/cms/a-collection-of-definitions-of-intelligence.html>
A Collection of Definitions of Intelligence
Sat, 06/30/2007
By Shane Legg and Marcus Hutter
This paper is a survey of a large number of informal definitions of
"intelligence" that the authors have collected over the years.
Naturally, compiling a complete list would be impossible as many
definitions of intelligence are buried deep inside articles and books.
Nevertheless, the 70-odd definitions presented here are, to the
authors' knowledge, the largest and most well referenced collection
there is.
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BillK
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