And no, I don’t think optimisation processes capture best what we generally mean by intelligence—but it captures best what we should mean by intelligence.
In practice it may have some weaknesses—depending on what exactly the valid domains are, there may be a more informative concept of intelligence in our universe—but it’s good enough to do work with, while most definitions of intelligence aren’t.
Nice post.
And no, I don’t think optimisation processes capture best what we generally mean by intelligence—but it captures best what we should mean by intelligence.
In practice it may have some weaknesses—depending on what exactly the valid domains are, there may be a more informative concept of intelligence in our universe—but it’s good enough to do work with, while most definitions of intelligence aren’t.