Q&A: A Practical Difference in the Definition of Intelligence
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A Practical Difference in the Definition of Intelligence
Question
Hello Rabbi,
In column 35 (https://mikyab.net/posts/1819#_ftnref1) you argued that in order to be considered intelligent, one needs the ability to exercise judgment, that is, free choice.
Beyond the interesting definition, does this have practical implications? In other words, can you predict things that a computer will never be able to do, since it has no intelligence?
Thank you, and Shabbat shalom.
Answer
It seems to me that this depends on the Church-Turing hypothesis, which addresses the question of whether our thinking operates like a Turing machine or not. I tend to say that it does not, and therefore there can probably be things that we will be able to do that a computer will not be able to do (unless a human being programs it to do so).