For those who insist these aren’t intelligent I like my extremely general term “Outcome Influencing System (OIS)” pronounced “oh-ee” and defined as “any system composed of capabilities and preferences which uses its capabilities informed by its preferences to influence reality towards outcomes it prefers”. Then it becomes trivially true that these things have capabilities and the capabilities are improving.
For those who insist these aren’t intelligent I like my extremely general term “Outcome Influencing System (OIS)” pronounced “oh-ee” and defined as “any system composed of capabilities and preferences which uses its capabilities informed by its preferences to influence reality towards outcomes it prefers”. Then it becomes trivially true that these things have capabilities and the capabilities are improving.