X Debate: Can Intelligence Be Formally Defined and Empirically Falsified in Humans and AI?
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-27
X user burnytech quotes a tweet arguing that calling AI "intelligent" reflects a misunderstanding of what intelligence is, and challenges: if you confidently know what intelligence is, can you offer a formal definition that is empirically measurable and falsifiable in both humans and AIs? The exchange touches on the classic problem of defining and measuring intelligence.
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