In my own way of looking at things, the question of intelligence is a subsidiary one to that of consciousness. I do not think that I would believe that true intelligence could be actually present unless accompanied by consciousness. On the other hand, if it does turn out that the AI people are eventually able to simulate intelligence without consciousness being present, then it might be regarded as unsatisfactory not to define the term ‘intelligence’ to include such simulated intelligence. In that case the issue of ‘intelligence’ would not be my real concern here. I am primarily concerned with
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