> [the higher faculty proper of humans is] the primary function of a natural body possessing organs in so far as it commits acts of rational choice and deduction through opinion; and in so far as it perceives universal matters
Or, "Intelligence is the ability to reason, determining concepts".
(And a proper artificial such thing is something that does it well.)
Is Ibn Sina (Avicenna, year ~1000) fine?
> [the higher faculty proper of humans is] the primary function of a natural body possessing organs in so far as it commits acts of rational choice and deduction through opinion; and in so far as it perceives universal matters
Or, "Intelligence is the ability to reason, determining concepts".
(And a proper artificial such thing is something that does it well.)