I would say that it is. A cascade of action potentials in the brain behaves in much the same way. What I'm getting at is that intelligence is an emergent property and there is nothing mistaken in using it to describe algorithms

Your logic is inverted. Intelligence is the ability to dynamically react to environment, no? Designating something that exhibits this trait as 'AI' invokes naturalism. Are you natural? No. Is 'AI' artificial? No. You are a machine and so are the bots, they're just better at math. This debate reminds me of the concept of ether before electromagnetism was theorised. Intelligence/consciousness, etc are just the new ether...an intellectual crutch for those who lack imagination

I'm going out on a limb here but isn't intelligence just the ability to dynamically react to environment? Designating something that exhibits this trait as AI invokes naturalism. Are you natural? No. Is 'AI' artificial? No. You are a machine and so are the bots, they're just better at math. This debate reminds me of the concept of ether before electromagnetism was theorised. Intelligence/consciousness, etc are just the new ether...an intellectual crutch for those who lack imagination

Your parochialism is astounding. Give the Chinese more incentives to come here I say, they're bringing much more value to Australia than your typical 'local'. Your argument is petulant and short sighted, we live in Asia and should become more Asian because the future is in Asia