If you define intelligence as purposive behavior, then all life has intelligence. Plants are smart enough to turn toward the sun, so in some ways smarter than lotsa people I know!
But really the good question is where do we draw the line at intellect? I say only people exhibit intellect, and even more interestingly, not all of those. Therefore, my postulation is that one day the Turing test will be passed, not because machines will ever attain intellectual insight, but because humans are rapidly losing theirs. John On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > John C, > > Omit the adjective "true" in your question and I would say, yes, antibody > reactions are intelligent because they exhibit purposive behavior. Do you > agree? > > Platt. > > > > > On 27 Apr 2010 at 12:37, John Carl wrote: > > > Craig, Platt, > > > > An interesting article by Scott Brown in this month's Wired comments that > > with our informational neurostructure, (big screen pics of suffering in > > Haiti, followed by the availability of texting bucks to Haiti, followed > by > > dopamine rush which comes with altruistic behavior) and that humanity > morphs > > into a larger organism with built-in pain receptors and antibody > reactions. > > > > Now the question I'd ask is, "Do these cells then have true > intelligence?" > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
