(13teen-February-2020)
• Modern computers, from low-level hardware to high-level software, are more complicated than any human can understand, yet they are manufactured daily by organizations of humans. Human society viewed as an agent is arguably the most intelligent agent known.
• It is instructive to consider where human intelligence comes from.
• There are three main sources:
biology:
Humans have evolved into adaptable animals that can survive in various habitats.
culture:
Culture provides not only language, but also useful tools, useful concepts, and the wisdom that is passed from parents and teachers to children.
life-long learning:
Humans learn throughout their life and accumulate knowledge and skills.
These sources interact in complex ways. Biological evolution has provided stages of growth that allow for different learning at different stages of life. We humans and our culture have evolved together so that humans are helpless at birth, presumably because of our culture of looking after infants. Culture interacts strongly with learning.
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