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>We have no servicable definition of intelligence other than a behaviourist black box embodied by humans.

I believe cognitive scientists have a considerably better idea than that.

Yes they each have a better idea, but the intersection of their proposals is pretty much just that. Why do you think they still make a big fuss over the Turing Test?

I have never heard cognitive scientists make a big fuss over the Turing Test. Who've you been reading/watching?

Good old Doug makes a little fuss here: https://books.google.no/books?id=qa85DgAAQBAJ&lpg=PT428&ots=...

When I said "make a big fuss" i didn't mean "herald it as the gold standard", but they do go on about it even though they might disagree about what it utlimately signifies.

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