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What is intelligence, anyway it is only a word that people use to name those unknown processes with which our brains solve problems we call hard. but whenever you learn a skill yourself, you're less impressed or mystified when other people do the same. this is why the meaning of 'intelligence' seems so elusive: it describes not some definite thing but only the momentary horizon of our ignorance about how minds might work.
-Marvin Minsky
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What Is Intelligence, Anyway It Is Only

Marvin Minsky
What is intelligence, anyway it is only a word that people use to name those unknown processes with which our brains solve problems we call hard. but whenever you learn a skill yourself, you're less impressed or mystified when other people do the same. this is why the meaning of 'intelligence' seems so elusive: it describes not some definite thing but only the momentary horizon of our ignorance about how minds might work.
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