General intelligence

The previous article in the sequence is Criticism of Russell’s definition of intelligence.

What can we say about “general” intelligence?

Let’s think about the steps required. (These are conceptual steps, not necessary in temporal order.)

1. Build the agents

2. Define the intelligence triple (agent, environment, task)

3. Construct an evaluation

4. Run the evaluation for each agent

5. Compare results, assuming some degree of commensurability

6. Some degree of consensus emerges about generalization

Making sense of general intelligence will be complex and probably contentious. If human nature is any guide, it will likely become a lightning rod for many other disagreements.

Note: This article feels incomplete, and it is only an outline.

This is the end of the sequence on intelligence.