We usually use our previous experience in solving a present problem, and ‘intelligence’ is the name of the mechanism by which we do this. A programmed computer should not be deemed intelligent unless it is functionally similar to the brain in its use of previous experience.
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Ullmann, J. The credibility of machine intelligence. Nature 257, 547–549 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/257547a0
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