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Jun092011

« All Intelligence is Artificial »

Organic/non-organic distinction (in the matter of intelligence, as in AI, etc.) is immaterial.  Consciousness (intelligence) is not the "what" of matter but the "how" of matter.  A comatose human brain is less intelligent than a vintage Texas Instruments calculator.  All intelligence is artificial: i.e. an artful manifestation of self-creating matter.

All intelligence is artificial.  Or, put differently, no intelligence is artificial.  Or, put differently, all intelligence is natural.  Or, put differently, all nature is intelligent. Or...