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To have graded categories of intelligence we would probably need a general consensus of what intelligence was first. This is almost certainly contextual and often the intelligence isn’t apparent immediately.

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Intelligence is ability to achieve goals. If X can achieve a goal X and Y can't - I would say X is more intelligent. As long as the goal G is open world goal both X and Y are tested for sufficiently long time.

That's what lately I am thinking in terms of what is intelligence.

That’s perhaps one aspect of it. But there are more or less intelligent ways of achieving the same goal. There’s also intelligence in determining whether a goal is itself intelligent or whether there is a more desirable outcome. Often things we thought were intelligent at the time prove to be less so given later events and vice versa.

you just defined two levels. It wouldn't be so hard to define intelligence IMO. honestly lot of smart people already are working on all this and it's just they publish it when it's relevant or it comes to light when it's needed.

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