What Is Intelligence? (2024)

The article "What Is Intelligence?" explores various aspects of intelligence, including its origins, life as computation, artificial life, and the prehistory of computation. It delves into topics such as cybernetics, deep learning, and the intelligence explosion. The discussion also covers concepts like intelligence in relation to other minds, the intelligence explosion, and the intersection of neuroscience and intelligence. The article concludes by examining the limits to growth and the implications of intelligence beyond alignment.