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Silvestron OP t1_j6odcec wrote

I think there will always be a discussion on where to set the bar on what's considered intelligence, but the bar has to be set somewhere, because if anything that is alive is to be considered intelligent then there'd be no point in talking about what intelligence is. Even plants have learned through evolution to point the leaves towards the sun. Should we consider that intelligence too?

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worriedshuffle t1_j6odvxw wrote

And I’m saying that intelligence is just a word we use to point to ourselves. It doesn’t have an objective meaning which is why there is no test people can agree on.

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Silvestron OP t1_j6oh3yy wrote

That will always happen on anything that we decide pretty much arbitrarily. Where does the color blue start and end in the electromagnetic spectrum? No one can objectively say so, but it's still useful referring to things as blue or whatever color they are.

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worriedshuffle t1_j6oi2n0 wrote

Yes, and imagine how annoying it would be for people to keep saying “that’s not really blue”.

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Silvestron OP t1_j6on0u5 wrote

It could start a new debate about the dress on twitter.

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