robkelk Wrote:I never said there might not be false negatives, as well as false positives. [grin]Ace Dreamer Wrote:But, your point is well taken. Something might be intelligent, but do they have the "social intelligence" to get on with a human society? Part of this is empathy and the ability to (correctly) model the behaviour of other intelligences. Then, there is the matter of being concerned enough about those other intelligences to cooperate with them in cases when you have spare resources left over from what you need to survive.By that definition, pre-SOScon Noah Scott would have trouble passing the test...
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