Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site wdl1.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!fortune!wdl1!jbn From: jbn@wdl1.UUCP Newsgroups: net.ai Subject: Re: Minsky's definition of AI Message-ID: <824@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 21:21:31 EST Article-I.D.: wdl1.824 Posted: Mon Nov 4 21:21:31 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Nov-85 06:38:05 EST Sender: notes@wdl1.UUCP Organization: Ford Aerospace, Western Development Laboratories Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #R:cvaxa:-16200:wdl1:1100027:000:545 Nf-From: wdl1!jbn Nov 4 12:58:00 1985 On the definition of intelligence: Intelligence is in a sense a matter of degree. We can show this by looking at the animal kingdom. We will assume that normal humans are intelligent. We can then ask: Are monkeys intelligent? Are dogs intelligent? Are horses intelligent? Are geese intelligent? Are chickens intelligent? Chickens are generally considered unintelligent, at least by people who deal with them. So somewhere in that range is the lower bound of intelligent life. Where is it, and why? Comments? John Nagle