2.2 - Evaluating Intelligence
 Prof. Jack Reilly
 S2026

🧠 Think:
•	How can we, as fellow humans, assess whether or not a non-human “intelligence” is actually… intelligent? What kind of guidelines and rules of thumb should we form? What makes something an autonomous system, an intelligent system, a general intelligence system, or even a superintelligence?
📖 Read:
•	Searle, “Minds, Brains, and Programs” (aka “The Chinese Room” argument)
–	In the linked version of this article, you only need focus on the core article (pgs 417-424); don’t worry about the additional commentary unless interested
📺 Watch:
•	“Artificial Intelligence & Personhood”, Crash Course Philosophy #23
🎧 Listen:
•	Complexity podcast, Season 2, Episode 5: “How do we assess intelligence?”
🌐 Browse:
•	Mitchell, “The Turing Test and our shifting conceptions of intelligence”
📚 Additional Resources:
•	Turing, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” (aka “The Turing Test”)
•	“The Turing Test”, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
•	“The Chinese Room Argument”, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
•	Boden, Escaping from the Chinese Room
•	Dennett, The Intentional Strategy and Why it Works
📝 Submit:
•	Discussion question to course chat
Tip
•	📖 Read, 🎧 Listen, and/or 📺 Watch items are required content for the day and should be completed before class.
•	🌐 Browse items should be skimmed but do not need deep reading unless you want to.
•	📚 Additional Resources are optional references for debates, final projects, and future use.