&gt; &quot;Humans are quite stupid in many ways, compared to computers. Let&#x27;s start with the most obvious: they can&#x27;t count. Ask a human to raise 3425 to the power of 542 and watch them sit there for hours trying to work it out. Ridiculous&quot;<p>I hope this guy is just trolling, but in case he is not, this is a tired argument that should be debunked once and for all.<p>The brain in the course of seemingly mundane activities (interpreting what we see, for instance) effectively performs a stupendous amount of complex calculations per second [1]<p>What people confuse is conscious calculations vs effective calculations.[2] The brain does not need to output intermediate results of basic operations because that is not it&#x27;s computational objective.<p>I was actually a bit disappointed at the shallowness of  the article; from the title I was expecting maybe a discussion of how complex even the very concept of intelligence is, and how speed of calculations does not necessarily equate to intelligence.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;gizmodo.com&#x2F;an-83-000-processor-supercomputer-only-matched-one-perc-1045026757" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;gizmodo.com&#x2F;an-83-000-processor-supercomputer-only-ma...</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrisfwestbury.blogspot.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;on-processing-speed-of-human-brain.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrisfwestbury.blogspot.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;on-processing-spe...</a>