Intelligence starts when the internal physical structure of a system is "dynamically reflective" of its external environment in a way which is stable over time (basically, "complex hysteresis"). You get this with a hard drive (+CPU, etc.) sure. I'd call this sort of minimal intelligence merely "reactive".
You get, let's say "adaptive intelligence" when the physiological structure being changed adapts the system so that it is able to interact with its environment more (eg., it can move differently).
To get to more advanced forms we need an explicit reasoning process which can represent this physical state to the system itself to engage in inference. Let's say "cognitive intelligence".
We get typical mammalian intelligence when the broader physiological structure (in particular the sensory-motor structure) of the system is actually guided by this explicit reasoning process. (Eg., a cyclist grows their muscles differently by reasoning-when-cycling). Let's call this "skill intelligence".
You get human intelligence when the explicit reasoning process becomes communicable, ie., when interior representations can be shared without the physical activity of acquiring those representations. Human intelligence is really "outside-in" in a very important way, which AI today also neglects -- it took 100bn dead apes to write a book, not one. Let's call this "socio-symbolic intelligence".
What we have today is really just systems of "reactive intelligence" with weird frankesianian organs attached to them "look at alex turn the lights off!!!!". Alexa isnt turning the lights off in the manner of the "socio-symbolc intelligence" we attribute to alexa naively (and delusionally!).
Alexa is a reactive system which has something of socio-symbolic significance (to us, not it!) glued on. Alexa does not intend to turn the lights off, and we're not communicating our intent to her. She's a harddrive with a SATA cable to a lightswitch.
You get, let's say "adaptive intelligence" when the physiological structure being changed adapts the system so that it is able to interact with its environment more (eg., it can move differently).
To get to more advanced forms we need an explicit reasoning process which can represent this physical state to the system itself to engage in inference. Let's say "cognitive intelligence".
We get typical mammalian intelligence when the broader physiological structure (in particular the sensory-motor structure) of the system is actually guided by this explicit reasoning process. (Eg., a cyclist grows their muscles differently by reasoning-when-cycling). Let's call this "skill intelligence".
You get human intelligence when the explicit reasoning process becomes communicable, ie., when interior representations can be shared without the physical activity of acquiring those representations. Human intelligence is really "outside-in" in a very important way, which AI today also neglects -- it took 100bn dead apes to write a book, not one. Let's call this "socio-symbolic intelligence".
What we have today is really just systems of "reactive intelligence" with weird frankesianian organs attached to them "look at alex turn the lights off!!!!". Alexa isnt turning the lights off in the manner of the "socio-symbolc intelligence" we attribute to alexa naively (and delusionally!).
Alexa is a reactive system which has something of socio-symbolic significance (to us, not it!) glued on. Alexa does not intend to turn the lights off, and we're not communicating our intent to her. She's a harddrive with a SATA cable to a lightswitch.