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Intelligence Primer
This primer explores the exciting subject of intelligence. Intelligence is a
fundamental component of all living things, as well as Artificial
Intelligence(AI). Artificial Intelligence has the potential to affect all of
our lives and a new era for modern humans. This paper is an attempt to explore
the ideas associated with intelligence, and by doing so understand the
implications, constraints, and potentially the capabilities of future
Artificial Intelligence. As an exploration, we journey into different parts of
intelligence that appear essential. We hope that people find this useful in
determining where Artificial Intelligence may be headed. Also, during the
exploration, we hope to create new thought-provoking questions. Intelligence is
not a single weighable quantity but a subject that spans Biology, Physics,
Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Psychology, and Computer Science.
Historian Yuval Noah Harari pointed out that engineers and scientists in the
future will have to broaden their understandings to include disciplines such as
Psychology, Philosophy, and Ethics. Fiction writers have long portrayed
engineers and scientists as deficient in these areas. Today, modern society,
the emergence of Artificial Intelligence, and legal requirements all act as
forcing functions to push these broader subjects into the foreground. We start
with an introduction to intelligence and move quickly onto more profound
thoughts and ideas. We call this a Life, the Universe and Everything primer,
after the famous science fiction book by Douglas Adams. Forty-two may very well
be the right answer, but what are the questions?Comment: 34 pages, 12 Figure