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And by "actually comprehend" that means to accept arbitrary input, identify it, identify it's functional sub-components, identify each sub-component's functional nature as used by the larger entity, and then identify how each functional aspect combines to create the larger, more complex final entity. Doing this generically with arbitrary inputs is comprehension, is artificial general intelligence.

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i think the point trying to be made is mimicry and derivation are hard for us to discern from an AI.

there is some complex definition for AGI that exists, but the fact laypeople cant make the determination, will always result in the GP comment

Or maybe there's no secret sauce for intelligence and if the system / organism can display all that functionality then should just say it's intelligent.

I don't have a strong opinion either way, but I'm not convinced by the "secret sauce" / internal monologue school of intelligence.

If we want to be pragmatic, we should just think about smart tests and just assume it's intelligent if the system passes those tests. It's what we do with other people (I don't really know if they feel inside like I do, but given they are the same biological beings, it sounds quite likely)

This point I'm trying to make is to describe comprehension as the equal to decomposing an observation, identifying each sub-component of an observation and the key characteristic of that component which when combined with the other sub-components create the original observed entity. This is akin to proving the object can exist, comprehension is mentally proving to yourself that this can exist and you're not being deceived. Comprehension is fraud detection via 'reversing compiling' an observation to prove to yourself that it is understandable and can indeed exist.

And to apply other relevant knowledge as appropriate in order to create logically/factually correct, original insights and connections.

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