Questions tagged [intelligence]
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How can we describe intellect in a way that relates to philosophical knowledge?
Is there any writing by philosophers specifically about the nature of intelligence/intellect and the way it relates to epistemology? For example, is someone who's 'smarter' more likely to have true ...
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Who was the first philosopher to describe what we now call artificial intelligence?
Who was the first philosopher (e.g., Greek or pre-Socratic) to define or describe what we now call artificial intelligence?
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What well-discussed alternatives are there to the Extended Mind Thesis?
The Extended Mind Thesis holds that we should consider "cognition" to include the process of using external cognitive tools (rather than only considering processes internal to our brain).
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Will the use of AI reduce our capacity to think? [duplicate]
In light of the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), there's a growing concern regarding its potential impact on human cognition.
Individuals like Elon Musk; Nick Bostrom of the ...
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Does the use of AI make someone more intelligent?
Does the use of AI make someone more intelligent? I think I remember this coming up in the SEP, with respect to whether access to the internet means I "know" (or similar) everything that ...
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Is subjectivity a deeply integral part of human intelligence? Why?
I believe that at its core, intelligence requires that some form of “good” or “bad” value judgments be made during the perception process. Values are the motivation behind an objective or goal. Values ...
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How do philosophers understand intelligence? [duplicate]
How do philosophers treat the problem of defining intelligence? In particular, scientific, sociological and psychological contexts seem to picture intelligence in different ways.
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Is every intelligence a collection?
Is every intelligence a collection? Obviously 'general intelligence' is a collection of abilities, a statistical entity that is a measure of ability "in general". What about musical ...
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Is there a clear, objective difference between intelligence in the arts and the sciences? [closed]
Often, when referring to whether or not person A is "smart", discussion about Person A's political stance or their appreciation—or not—of art becomes part of the conversation.
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Can we compare the skill or intelligence necessary to do an intrinsic good vs evil?
Can we compare the skill or intelligence necessary to do an intrinsic good vs evil? I was just thinking whether e.g. a skilled murderer can be compared with the skill of being a good mother. There ...
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Defining intelligence [duplicate]
For over twenty years now I've been mulling over the following problem: how do you broadly define/measure intelligence? Probably someone has already said that (or come to the same conclusion) but here'...
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Is wisdom one type of intelligence, or distinct from it?
I asked this question on the psychology stack exchange, but was told this would be a better stack exchange for it. I subscribe to the theory that there are multiple types of intelligence. Is wisdom ...
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Are there forms of judgment or intelligence which include the capacity to disobey?
Are there forms of judgment or intelligence which include the capacity to disobey? Ideally, AI will lack this, but then does that mean its intelligence is lacking anything?
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Is the SETI project built on false premises?
The SETI project analyzes signals and looks for patterns, some of which include prime number sequences that have an absurdly low improbability of occurring. It does this to detect intelligent life.
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Is there a general theory of intelligence and design that would allow us to detect the presence of design in an object based solely on its properties?
There are many candidates for what could be considered to be an intelligent agent. Examples include humans, animals, aliens, AI (e.g. ChatGPT?), and supernaturalists would probably add angels, deities,...
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