Answers.Body: <p>They would probably have followed the same sequence we do:</p>
  
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  <li>be amazed at the capabilities,</li>
  <li>ask how it is done,</li>
  <li>wonder whether this is really intelligence and (or) point out our narrow the performance was,</li>
  <li>require more next time to be impressed again.</li>
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Answers.Body: <p>My sense is that they would, based on a high-level take of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Babbage</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Lovelace</a>'s view of the potential capability of the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine" rel="nofollow noreferrer">analytic engine</a>".  If Babbage's Tic-Tac-Toe machine had been built, I am sure that would have been regarded as machine intelligence.  <a href="https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Relays/Condon.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Nimatron</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Condon" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Edward Condon</a>) may have been the first game AI, and the capability seems similar to what Babbage was envisioning.  Certainly the bogus "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Turk</a>" chess-playing hoax was considered a machine intelligence. </p>
  
  <p>Conventional software could connote a form of automation, and I think any form of automation, particularly where the operations are "under the covers", would have been considered a form of intelligence.</p>
  
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  <p><em>I think the current idea of only regarding "strong statistical AI" (Machine Learning) as AI is inherently flawed because of the concept of utility.  Intelligence is a spectrum, being a relative measure of problem solving strength, and artificial merely connotes a thing intentionally or skillfully constructed.  The Russell &amp; Norvig definition seems to hew to this viewpoint.</em></p>
  
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Body: <p>It is possible that the view of what is impressive enough in computer behavior to be called intelligence changes with each decade as we adjust to what capabilities are made available in products and services.</p>
  
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Title: Would the people of the 19th Century call our conventional software today artificial intelligence?
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ThreadText: # Would the people of the 19th Century call our conventional software today artificial intelligence?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-05)
  
  It is possible that the view of what is impressive enough in computer behavior to be called intelligence changes with each decade as we adjust to what capabilities are made available in products and services.
  
  **Tags:** philosophy, social, history
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-01. Score: 5
  
  They would probably have followed the same sequence we do:
  
  * be amazed at the capabilities,
  * ask how it is done,
  * wonder whether this is really intelligence and (or) point out our narrow the performance was,
  * require more next time to be impressed again.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-03-05. Score: 4
  
  My sense is that they would, based on a high-level take of [Babbage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage) and [Lovelace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace)'s view of the potential capability of the "[analytic engine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine)". If Babbage's Tic-Tac-Toe machine had been built, I am sure that would have been regarded as machine intelligence. [Nimatron](https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Relays/Condon.html) ([Edward Condon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Condon)) may have been the first game AI, and the capability seems similar to what Babbage was envisioning. Certainly the bogus "[Turk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turk)" chess-playing hoax was considered a machine intelligence.
  
  Conventional software could connote a form of automation, and I think any form of automation, particularly where the operations are "under the covers", would have been considered a form of intelligence.
  
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  *I think the current idea of only regarding "strong statistical AI" (Machine Learning) as AI is inherently flawed because of the concept of utility. Intelligence is a spectrum, being a relative measure of problem solving strength, and artificial merely connotes a thing intentionally or skillfully constructed. The Russell & Norvig definition seems to hew to this viewpoint.*
  
  
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