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"Can machines truly become intelligent?"

I think the answer to this question is tied to the answer to the question "How do (or should) we test intelligence?"

Whether machines can become intelligent, to me, depends on our definition of intelligence. It makes me think of the Star Trek episode I watched where Captain Picard had took to court the definition of self-determination to try and keep his crew member Data, and android, from being dissected for research. Now, I'll be honest, that AI work makes me uncomfortable and I haven't decided how I truly feel about it. But, if the direction we are headed to is similar to the debates seen in sci fi shows, then I think there will be conversations about what intelligence is, and if in fact, machines have it.

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Is intelligence innate or developed?

After going over the Webquest slide show, quizzez, videos, and surveys I felt a little nervous especially when I took the IQ test. I have never seen/taken this test before so I did not know what to expect. I believe intelligence can be both innate and it can be developed as well. My score for the IQ test was 126; I feel that if I had taken this test four years ago it would have been lower. I believe with practice one can get better at the skills we decide to master. I also believe that some skills are innate meaning that if my family is good at playing a specific sport I have a possibility of being a good athlete.

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Is intelligence innate or developed?
I believe that intelligence can be both innate and developed. We are all born with specific and individuals levels (degrees) of intelligence including being able to grasp concepts, develop new ideas, make decisions, and acquire and process information. Much like an atrophied muscle, if we do not use our inherent intelligence, it ceases to develop. There are outlying factors both positive and negative that may effect how intelligence develops such as malnutrition, exposure, exclusion, lack of oxygen, drug abuse, trauma, support, consistency, encouragement, or other instances that affect development.
I believe we are born with specific tendencies and intellectual attributes. While Garner's theory is applicable, and the test was pretty accurate for me, it does not mean that we are unable to develop our other intelligences. We might need to work harder in those specific areas but understanding can be attainable.

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"Can machines truly become intelligent?"
Moving forward I believe technology will only continue to develop. As I learned today cognition and learning patterns are two things robots are capable of today. As we continue to progress more we will only see more progress here but as much as I want to answer "Yes, they can truly become intelligent" the thought I'm left with is objectivity. As complex emotionally and otherwise as humans are, are we to be sure that artificial intelligence and its programming will be done objectively? I'm looking forward to see these advances and questions answered in the future.

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Is intelligence innate or developed?
I believe that intelligence is a combination of both innate and developed. Many people throughout history have been born with certain abilities that are far more advanced and intuitive than others. They have gone on to create new things or research phenomenon that others have only dreamed of. However, many of these skills or talents have been nurtured through their upbringing or environment. By support in their environment, those certain people have expanded their own as well as our knowledge base. Even considering this aspect of development (nurture), I am positive there are others in our communities and around the world that may have innate skills or talents, but may not fully develop them because of their lack of support or resources.

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Is intelligence innate or developed?
I think it is definitely both. I believe we are born with certain proclivities and abilities, but I also think that our experiences can affect these natural tendencies in either direction. For example, a child may have a genetic composition for high intelligence but what happens if that child is completely separated from other humans during the developmental years? In the other direction, brain research shows us that activities which require a level of discomfort for the learner often improve our brain power. The final few sentences in the IBM Watson video also lend toward this thinking. Artificial intelligence " . . . learns, adapts, and keeps getting smarter," " . . . learns from interactions with us," and ". . . learns from its own successes and failures"- just like humans. So we may be "programmed" a certain way but it is the entirety of our genetics and experiences that help form our intelligence.

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What does it mean to be intelligent?

I think that Howard Gardiner's theory of intelligence makes a lot of sense, and is consistent with what I see in myself and from my students. People have different strengths, and often intelligence is thought of as something some people have while others do not. Really, intelligence is understanding of a subject and proficiency in using it, whatever that subject may be. Intelligence not just a score on an IQ test, but it was interesting to see what kinds of questions they used to determine your score.

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Can machines truly become intelligent?
I have always assumed the answer is no, even with all the movies and t.v. shows that portray the possible reality. After some research it has been brought to my attention that our current machines are capable of two aspects of human cognition; following a set of rules and pattern recognition (Psychology Today). This article, written by Richard Yonck, goes so far to say that AI has "agents" that when combined can lead to evolution, similar to how it is believed to happen with the natural world. While this is minor research, logically, I have to change my answer from "no" to "yes."

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What does it mean to be intelligent?
I am really appreciative of Howard Gardner's expansion on recognizing areas of intelligence, because a test like the IQ from the fifth slide can really limit our understanding of intelligence. Unfortunately, I think society (especially our current educational system) has a tendency to prioritize logical and linguistic intelligence above others. I think that to be intelligent means to have gifts in certain areas, and that could mean specializing in one or two, or balancing one's abilities among several. I get annoyed, though, when people claim "Oh, I'm more of a numbers person. I don't make art." I see no reason to limit one's abilities to just a couple areas or focus solely on what's comfortable and what comes "naturally".

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Can machines truly become intelligent?
The little boy in me is so excited to discuss this topic. I do think that AI can and maybe someday will become sentient in the eyes of human kind. I do however already think that machines are intelligent in their design in function. That being said, these programs and machines were created by humans and made to think/do the things that they do. Only time can tell if machines can be called truly intelligent.

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Is intelligence innate or developed?
I believe that intelligence depends on both of these. When we are born, there are certain things that come naturally to us. Along with this, some are more intelligent is certain areas than others and that is just how people are programed. However I do believe that any intelligence, looking at Gardner's multiple intelligences specifically, can be developed. Although we naturally have intelligences that appeal to us more, if we put in effort, we can develop the other intelligences. I don't necessarily believe however that if these intelligences are not innate, that experiences alone might not be able to truly obtain that intelligence completely. I would also argue that many students tend to rely more on their innate intelligences more than learning and developing a new one. Intelligences being innate and developed are completely interwoven and both are needed for the learning process and for success.

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What does it mean to be intelligent?
As I was taking the IQ test, I realized that that particular test, which is not "official" I know, relied heavily on mathematical intelligence. I would not have said I was intelligent in the area of math as a kid, but became more intelligent in it as a learned more and became a teacher. That being said, I think to be intelligent it may just be a matter of having the ability to attain, retain, and effectively utilize knowledge and understanding. This means that levels of intelligence can change over the course of time and can be an active endeavor.

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How do (or should) we test intelligence?
I was pondering this question a lot throughout the Webquest. I found myself increasingly frustrated throughout the IQ test specifically. I don't know that testing intelligence is all that important. By that, I mean I do not find value in knowing my IQ or knowing someone else's IQ. I would much rather know how they learn or what their strengths are. There may be areas that they are stronger in (like the theory of multiple intelligences). I do not think there is a one test answer to discover how intelligent someone (or something) is.

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What does it mean to be intelligent?
When I think of intelligence, I think of creative problem solving abilities. This brings me to Bloom's New Taxonomy, which as we saw earlier in the course, poses a hierarchy of levels with remembering (recalling facts) at the bottom level and the ability to evaluate and create at the top two tiers. While I think innately individuals have strengths amongst Gardner's intelligences, I think resilience must accompany innate intelligence for all of a learner's potentials to be nurtured to the point of the learner using their intelligence independently. Resilience fosters Dweck's growth mindset, which not only allows learners to understand their own learning (metacognition) and thus increase their innate potential, but also allows for more risk-taking, which leads back to creativity.

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I am a big believer in the intermingling of nature and nature, and am happy to have read the Thomas Lewis quote, "The genetic lottery may determine the cards in your deck, but experience deals the hand you can play", because it puts into words exactly what I have observed and learned to be true about the impact of nature and nurture. From observing the wild differences in outcomes in my own family members, and from observing my students over the past four years, I see the power of both. I am the oldest child of high school graduates, and the first person in my extended family to go to college, travel abroad, and even move away from home. I scored a 127 on the IQ test we took for this assignment. There is nothing in my upbringing that suggests I would succeed academically, and even enter the education field as a career. In fact, I was discouraged from attending a 4 year university, discouraged from traveling, and discouraged from moving away. So I believe there was something innately different in me that set me apart from my family. That being said, I also had a very loving family, that included two parents, and four grandparents. At any given time, I had six competent
and caring adults to look out for me. On the other hand, so did my cousins, and some of them are the biggest deviant losers I've ever met. I am also a big believer in the theory of multiple intelligences, because I know how poorly I do in Mathematics and how well I do when it comes to anything verbal or interpersonal or interpersonal. In the end, I think intelligence is both innate and can also be developed, and I also believe that what it means to be intelligent varies based the individual. A person who is super gifted in logic and mathematics, may have zero people skills or emotional intelligence.

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Is intelligence innate or developed? I believe there is a bit of both influences on any one individual's intelligence level. I think we all share the experience of feeling like one area of Gardner's multiple intelligences comes more "naturally" to us than another. How much of that is due to something innate vs. our preparatory life experiences is debatable, though, as Dweck's research on mindset shows that our beliefs about our intelligence (which are shaped by the ways our parents and teachers help us view our successes and failures) directly impact our ability to access that intelligence.

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I believe intelligence is mostly developed, and like Gardener says, there are multiple ways to measure it. I believe IQ alone does not measure all of someone's capacities, since it does not measure emotional intelligence, kinesthetic intelligence, and many others. As we saw with the progression of the IQ test, it is constantly being improved and is far from perfect or accurate. I think students should evaluate themselves, set goals with teachers, and that we should not use IQ tests at all. I believe that machines can have one type of intelligence, like they can be programmed to do sequential tasks, but they cannot have emotional intelligence or creativity, which are also a huge part of intelligence as well as social intelligence, so they will never truly be intelligent.

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Is intelligence innate or developed?
I actually had not seen an IQ test since I was in undergrad. What I notice in this, and to some degree in other standardized assessments, is the necessity to find patterns. This is certainly not any kind of breakthrough, but an IQ test in particular requires an individual to have to consider multiple structures when noticing patterns. For example, they must understand the relationships between numbers, but must also order in ways that are not necessarily purely mathematic. People that particularly specialize in only mathematical relationships might struggle with this as they only see one logical means of looking at a problem like this; they might miss an obvious solution. With this form of assessment as the gold standard, I do think that there are some people who have a more open mind to seeing abstract relationships and order that some don't. However, the way that we are expected to operate in the world does not always adhere to these kinds of patterns. Overall, I would say that intelligence is innate, but I think that is based off of just one form of assessment of "pure" intelligence, outside of Gardner's multiple intellegences.

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Ali Sharaf- Is intelligence innate or developed and should we test it?

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Ali Sharaf- Is intelligence innate or developed and should we test it?

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I believe that intelligence is both innate and developed. There is no doubt that some people are born with extraordinary abilities that others do not have. Others may experience challenges in some areas. I adopt Howard Gardner's view of intelligence, that their are multiple intelligences. Often times, you may have a student who face difficulties in one area, but is very smart in other ways. Likewise, I have met several individuals who have "book smarts", so by society's standards they would be considered intelligent, yet they lack intelligence in other areas, such as emotional intelligence. This is why I do not think we should use intelligence tests at all, especially if they are used in the tracking of students. IQ tests only capture a small part of the picture and may result in negative consequences for children if they are used to convince their parents, for example, that they are not "normal". They can also have a negative psychological effect on children who believe they are not smart because of bad performance on tests. I believe if we focus more on encouraging hard work among our students rather than the idea of innate intelligence this will have an uplifting effect on students, especially disadvantaged students. After all, we cannot do anything about our innate intelligence, so what is the point of focusing on it?

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Ashley Renfrew- Can machines truly become intelligent?

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Ashley Renfrew- Can machines truly become intelligent?

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After completely this web quest I feel even more confident that robots will not in fact take over the world. The video of the production line was a reminder that we are not training our students for the work force that faces them outside of school. Since machines are taking over a lot of manual labor jobs, we have to educate students in the things that robots cannot do, like have multiple intelligences. I do think that AI will continue to progress and may even be "human like" but I instinctually believe that we need true human connection in order to survive. I recall talking to the "smarter child" chat bot when I was in middle school on AOL. While it was fun for a little, it got old and lonely because I knew I was not connecting with a real human, just a robot that was programed to react to me. Whomp.

Jack Ma is leading a push for more emotional inteligence in schools. Here is an article:
https://money.cnn.com/2017/09/20/technology/jack-ma-artificial-intelligence-bloomberg-conference/index.html

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Is intelligence innate or developed?  Based on the WebQuest videos and the Moore's Law and Technology slide, we have the components already within us (even as humans) to begin to acquire knowledge when we were born. We just need experiences (academic/ or real world), and to engage with those experiences to stimulate the learning process. We develop the different intelligences based on the types of "experiences" that we engage with and master obstacles within them. Even with Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, the experiences are what drives the knowledge that builds intelligence within each type of intelligence.

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Is intelligence innate or developed?
I believe that intelligence has both a genetic counterpart and an environmental counterpart. I believe that individuals are born with a maximum level of intelligence that they can achieve based upon their inherited genes. With hard work and practice they can increase their level of intelligence but not beyond a certain genetically determined maximum.

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Kelsey Bishop: What does it mean to be intelligent?How do (or should) we test intelligence?Is intelligence innate or developed?Can machines truly become intelligent?

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Kelsey Bishop: What does it mean to be intelligent?How do (or should) we test intelligence?Is intelligence innate or developed?Can machines truly become intelligent?

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I believe intelligence can/should be recognized in many forms. I really think that Gardner's theory that intelligence is based on different areas is much better than just an IQ score. An individual could score terribly on an IQ test, but then show amazing potential in an area such as art, music, or performance. I think intelligence is also something that can be developed if an individual has the right mindset. I do believe that some intelligence is innate, but a lot can be developed (with the exception of some people of disabilities, but even then intelligence can be developed). I feel strongly about having a right mindset, however. If an individual believes they can't learn, it becomes much more difficult to learn. And for the last question: I think machines learn, but on a factually base only. I don't think a machine could ever learn to teach with emotion, to counsel people with mental illness, however I do believe that a machine can learn to do tasks, learn facts, etc. I can't help but wonder if that is something that will change within the next 100 years? Will we be able to teach a machine to have feelings and emotions?

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Athena Johnson: How should we test intelligence? 

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Athena Johnson: How should we test intelligence? 

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Though many quizzes, exams, or tests offer a more wide range of how much intelligence one has, I think that there's no one way that we can accurately test intelligence, and also because we are all intelligent in different ways. Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences describes this way of looking at intelligence. Quizzes like the IQ test may semi-accurately measure ones capability to think logically, and reason, but it does not measure the full spectrum of a person's intelligence. I think to accurately measure intelligence, it must be done in a variety of ways, perhaps by changing each test to fit an individual person, and first asking the test candidate what would be the best way to accurately test them. They would know for sure.

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Caitlyn Kopra: What does it mean to be intelligent?

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Caitlyn Kopra: What does it mean to be intelligent?

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I agree with Howard’s theory that intelligence is not just one score, but that we have many different forms of intelligence present. I think it is a complex and individualized element of our being. Working with children, educators have the opportunities to see Howard’s different intelligences present in children consistently. It can be challenging to vary teaching to accommodate for these intelligences. I do think it is important to have IQ tests as a baseline, but also important to consider Howard’s theories as well.

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Andrea Whiteman: at does it mean to be intelligent?

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Andrea Whiteman: at does it mean to be intelligent?

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After completing this week’s webquest  and considering this question I am still struggling to define what intelligence is. The issue with many of the ways we have tested intelligence in the past is that they are designed for a certain group of people. They have all made attempts to gage intelligence, but all fell short. In my classroom I teach a unit on education, and this question is one of the essential questions for our unit. My students and I have come to the conclusion that intelligence has more to do with the experiences we have had as people and our ability to think curiously and critically about various topics. The issue is that no matter how I or my students define intelligence, society has a different definition. In many places in my students’ lives they are labeled as unintelligent because they come from poverty or are second language learners.

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Beckie Lee: How do (or should) we test intelligence?

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Beckie Lee: How do (or should) we test intelligence?

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Firstly, I believe it is important to test intelligence. It gives us an insight into ourselves and to others. Also, there should be different tests that provide purposeful information. Is this information for my personal use to understand myself more deeply? Is this information to guide my future endeavors? in my opinion, Howard Gardner's multiply intelligence theory  is a positive example of an intelligence test because it produces useful, meaningful results that can be applied to multiple areas of life. However, with all things, this cannot be the only test and the multiply intelligences cannot be interchanged for learning styles. So, if we decide to test intelligence we must use the information for a positively and in a non-constrictive way.

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Robert Wegner: Can machines truly become intelligent?

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Robert Wegner: Can machines truly become intelligent?

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Out of the four questions presented I had not really thought much about the question of if a machine can become intelligent. When I first read the question at the beginning of the web quest my response was "probably, with all the technological advances in the last 10 years I am sure someday it will happen." After watching the video about Watson I believe I am correct. The fact that this machine can take information, connect it with other data/"experiences" and then process that to provide an answer seems to fit my definition of intelligence. It makes me very curious as to what the next wave of advances will look like.

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Elizabeth Simon: What does it mean to be intelligent?

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Elizabeth Simon: What does it mean to be intelligent?

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Recently, I had the opportunity to observe the administration of a cognitive assessment test and peruse the results of the report. I have found this experience to be generally supportive of the concept of Gardner's multiple intelligence theory in that each area of the assessment could be coordinated back into one of his forms of intelligence in some way. Two of the areas, though, I believe may or may not be improved with practice: processing speed and working memory. This is where the second part of my theory comes in: one's ability to interface with AI could be extremely determinant in one's "intelligence" in the future since, based upon the Watson video, we will end up having a symbiotic relationship with technology in order to "problem solve" in the world around us.

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Elizabeth Simon: What does it mean to be Intelligent?

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Elizabeth Simon: What does it mean to be Intelligent?

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Adam Lee: can machines truly become intelligent?

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Adam Lee: can machines truly become intelligent?

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I think it is evident that these machines that can assist humans through data sourcing and analysis are in fact a high functioning intelligence. As seen on the Watson video, A.I. is treading new terrain, a wave of accelerated performance much like the trend seen in Moore's Law. We are still in the mere infancy of concept, design, and execution of A.I. machines, so it will be interesting to see how the field develops over the next twenty years. It is fascinating how these machines can really grow its own "intelligence" through the processes and activities that it conducts. The experiences that A.I. have only further the point that they are converting their experiences to intellectual growth. There is a lot of potential and growth in this field to really impact how we problem solve and discover new ways to understand the world.

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Leonardo Vidal: Is intelligence innate or developed?

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Leonardo Vidal: Is intelligence innate or developed?

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I think intelligence can be both innate and developed. Genetics do play a key role in how intelligent we are. Some people are naturally gifted and others are not. For some, certain tasks are extremely easy while for others, they are not. However, I do think we can all learn and develop new skills. It may take us longer to learn but with time and practice I think intelligence can be developed.

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Rachel Bruneau: can machines truly become intelligent?

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Rachel Bruneau: can machines truly become intelligent?

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I think this is an interesting question posed as I ponder this through a human lens. Perhaps this is possible and dependent on what the machine was designed to do. I went to the OMSI for their display on robots and one of the robots gives a prepared speech about its functionality and usefulness for humans. In it, the robot is very clear that they have been designed to evolve with their environment. Couldn't adaptation be a kind of intelligence? I think so. Having the ability to adjust to one's surroundings also means building on past information and then applying it appropriately to what is around. It also seems to indicate learning and from a robot's perspective, that sounds like a level of intelligence even some humans struggle with.

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Maria Segoviano: Is intelligence Innate or Developed? 

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Maria Segoviano: Is intelligence Innate or Developed? 

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I believe people can argue that intelligence can be both innate and developed. Yet, I find myself leaning towards intelligence being more innate than developed. By nature we are structurally designed to be good at certain particular things. Yes, we can develop the skills to become better at certain things we aren't necessarily good at to begin with, by becoming aware and informed on the foundations but what I believe happens is that we end up becoming knowledgeable on the subject of interest that we practice. Yet, I don't believe it gives us the right to call ourselves intelligent. I like to use the term, educated. There are a lot of people who are educated but aren't necessarily intelligent. Somehow we are savvy enough to take advantage of our surroundings to get what we need from it.

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Kelsey Fruin: What does it mean to be intelligent? (and little into how it should be tested...)

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Kelsey Fruin: What does it mean to be intelligent? (and little into how it should be tested...)

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I view intelligence through the Howard Gardner lens:  there are multiple. I have taught students and interacted with people who “struggle” in specific academic areas (reading, math, science, etc) but are highly intellectual, gifted in the way they formulate thoughts about the world, and are emotionally intelligent. I think IQ tests are a valid baseline for what people are capable of on a cognitive level, but I do wish there were better tests out there for other areas of intelligences as I suggested above.

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Is intelligence innate or developed?
After completing the WebQuest, I think that intelligence is both innate and developed. During many of the quizzes that I took, I relied on life experiences and what I learned in school. We all have abilities that we later develop and master.

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Jazmin Guzman: is intelligence innate or developed?

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Jazmin Guzman: is intelligence innate or developed?

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As I was going through the presentation and doing the surveys included in them, I came to the conclusion that intelligence is both innate and developed.  I also started to think about the different people who grow up in different environments and with different experiences. People who grow up in poverty have less exposure to many things compared to people who don’t.  People who lived a more privilege life would have had the opportunity to more experiences and safer environments.  I do believe that many people, if not all, have the same chances of achieving if they are given the right supports.  There are people who are born with certain abilities who need an environment that helps them develop their abilities. If they do not grow up in an environment where their abilities are nurtured and supported, their abilities will most likely not develop to their potential. Overall, I think this questions has no right answer.

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Lorin Hilger: How should we test intelligence? 

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Lorin Hilger: How should we test intelligence? 

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After exploring this Webquest and participating in the different quizzes and surveys, I strongly believe that changes need to me made as to how intelligence is measured. I believe that every individual displays their intelligence in very unique and different ways. For example, some may be strong spatially but struggle logically/mathematically (myself for instance). Not everyone has the same experiences and is exposed to the same things in life. Asking someone to prove their intelligence about a topic that they have very little experience with doesn't seem like a fair or accurate way to measure their true intelligence. I really connect with the question that Stephanie poses at the end of her post, as it sounds like we hold very similar views on this question. How can we measure intelligence when everyone's brain is different?

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Hailey Nordstrom: Is intelligence Innate or Developed 

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Hailey Nordstrom: Is intelligence Innate or Developed 

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Strangely enough, it was watching the video about the IBM Watson computer tha really added to my thinking on this topic. Watching the presentation I could identify the components of Waton that were innate (programmed in originally in terms of how "he" works) but also recognized that he needed human interactions, continual feeding of data, and an expert helper to develop and grow his processing abilities and body of knowledge (aka his intelligence). To me, I think that humans are a little bit similar in that we are born with a brain that already has basic functioning capabilities to process information, to learn, and to grow. It's the information we receive, how we interact with our environment, and how our experiences shape us that defines and molds this brain further. There are so many more complexities than that, but seeing thee working of this robot brain helped me make some connections to how our brains work as well.

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Maya Schell: Intelligence and Nature vs. Nurture

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Maya Schell: Intelligence and Nature vs. Nurture

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I think the way we test and define "intelligence" is very limited and there is a lot of expansion that is needed. For example, the quizzes may test one's ability to solve problems and see patterns, but it does not demonstrate the ability to resolve a social conflict (communication skills, social understanding, language abilities, etc.), physical attributes (spacial and tactical understanding of physical space such as in athletics or strategies used in combat), or even the processes behind the answers on the quiz. The quizzes, for me, show our limited definition of "intelligence" and I think that partially is because it doesn't take into account the complexity of the nature AND nurture interaction and the multitude of types of intelligences that exist to make up one's "level of intelligence," if you will. It's not just about the text score, but rather an interaction and combination of genetic abilities, learned skills, personal and unique experiences (perhaps cultural, artistic, physical) that create a concoction that must be looked at as a whole.

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Stephanie Stanich: How should we test intelligence?

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Stephanie Stanich: How should we test intelligence?

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After taking the quizzes and seeing how intelligence has been measured in the past I definitely think revisions need to be made to how we measure intelligence. I'm not sure a test can really measure intelligence as I believe it is different for everyone. We are all exposed to different types of knowledge while growing up and different experiences help build our knowledge. Therefore, I may be very intelligent in music because I've played a musical instrument my entire life, whereas my boyfriend has no intelligence in music because he hasn't been exposed to it. I think the question should be can we really measure intelligence? It is hard to measure something that is different for everyone.

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David Nagle: Can machines truly become intelligent?

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David Nagle: Can machines truly become intelligent?

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I like that we are discussing this outside of a science fiction context!  When looking at the graphics for  Moore’s Law, it seems inevitable that AI will become truly intelligent.  Barring some catastrophe like a complete energy collapse which causes humanity to lose the ability to innovate technologically, the current trend of the increase of processing power and the decrease in cost and size will continue.  Does that mean that AI will write poetry and music?  It already has, albeit not so great.  To become truly intelligent, I believe, is to have multiple intelligences.  Humans have that capacity.  We have seen students who can rhythmically drum with pencils, play basketball, taunt their peers, and do math.

AI has not shown much there yet. In fact, most machines that exceed human capacity in any one area, can do little else.  Robots that can build cars will not likely be able to climb stairs, catch frisbees, or thread needles.

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Paige Jensen : Is intelligence innate or developed?

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Paige Jensen : Is intelligence innate or developed?

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After reading through the webquest and taking multiple quizzes/surveys, I believe that intelligence is both innate and developed. It is through experience and development that we make sense of the world and are able to gain the most potential. I think there are times when our innate talents outshine our ability to develop certain skills, but ultimately it is this notion that balance is key and we can use or lose certain skills if we don't pursue them actively.