Term of the Moment
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Definition: intelligence
(1) From the human perspective, the effectiveness with which a person can analyze a situation or solve a problem.
(2) Information derived for some purpose. See DOD intelligence glossary.
(3) From the computer perspective, intelligence is having processing capability. Therefore, every one of the hundreds of billions of electronic devices in the world that contain a microprocessor are said to be "intelligent." However, the most advanced computer processing is artificial intelligence (AI). Ask a chatbot to write a unique essay about anything and that process is called artificial intelligence, yet the microwave oven that heats up your slice of pizza is said to be intelligent and not artificial. An odd twist of terminology. See smart, AI, smart vs. intelligent and naming misnomers.
A Twist of Terminology
(2) Information derived for some purpose. See DOD intelligence glossary.
(3) From the computer perspective, intelligence is having processing capability. Therefore, every one of the hundreds of billions of electronic devices in the world that contain a microprocessor are said to be "intelligent." However, the most advanced computer processing is artificial intelligence (AI). Ask a chatbot to write a unique essay about anything and that process is called artificial intelligence, yet the microwave oven that heats up your slice of pizza is said to be intelligent and not artificial. An odd twist of terminology. See smart, AI, smart vs. intelligent and naming misnomers.
Because every device with a CPU chip is said to have "intelligence," this coffee maker is intelligent, but the robot that roams the aisles of the supermarket on its own looking for spills and stopping when a person walks by only has "artificial" intelligence.