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Isn't this just an echo of computationally? Why involve the distraction of intelligence at all when what you're discussing is a computable algorithm with known bounds? Is there anything special about intelligence—Penrose's bullshit[0] aside—that can't be computed? If not is it anything other than a marketing term for computation that seems more "advanced" to humans?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Mind

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Yes, intelligence is the ability for a small finite system to deal with infinity of possibilities in a successful way.

No matter how big computationally the AI is, the test was always trying to deal with something new, outside its comfort zone. Preferably as far outside it as possible. To do that successfully requires general problem solving and abstraction skills.

Of course one can do better or worse at that, including humans.

You cannot precompute most of the answer to a truly open question.

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