i wonder if i can teach our cat to open cans or at least packets of cat food
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I'm very conflicted about this theory. On the one hand my gut feeling tells me that this is true for most reasonable definitions of "intelligence". On the other hand I don't know of even a single definition of "intelligence" that I would call "reasonable" (in non-AI setting).
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by "intelligence" here i mean "rudimentary theory of mind and ability to plan ahead in short term"
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So "rudimentary theory of mind" would be for example the cat hiding things from you, recognizing when you have found the hidden thing, and as a consequence moving it to a new hiding spot? I think your working theory is pretty uncontroversial then.
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yes, that definitely counts. the theory is mostly about the "able to keep in active use only if you have language" part
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Ah, I think I got you now. :) Obviously everyone alive is at least as intelligent as neccessary to survive in their environemnt. And language can make an environment pretty complex. So is your point that language is the primary driver for keeping it complex long-term?
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that is my conclusion, yes. I can't imagine a way of keeping this cat engaged for 15 years that doesn't involve either a full-time job or Wikipedia
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what about social birds
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i think they're doing ok but i'm not a bird expert or anything
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hang on, how much of that applies just as well to humans?!
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youre not gonna be happy about it
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tbh the question is mostly rhetorical for me, I've been thinking about language and intelligence since a few years ago, I'm just surprised to see other people discuss it (and frame it better than I ever did)
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dont spiders inherit their parent's memory?
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