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concept:intelligence-is-the-ability-to-achieve-the-same-goal-in-multiple-waysIntelligence is the ability to achieve the same goal in multiple ways.
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- "The ability to achieve the same goal in multiple ways" — William James' definition of intelligence.related_tosame_asLoad-bearing definition justifying morphogenesis as basal intelligence despite mechanistic diversity in achieving anatomical goals.
- William James definition of intelligence; foundational to paper's framing of competency and problem-solving as core invariants.
- William James definition of intelligence; used by Levin as a load-bearing definition underlying the entire morphogenetic intelligence framework.
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- William James' definition of intelligence, a cornerstone for the paper's arguments.
- Expands the definition of intelligence to include non-behavioral problem-solving, enabling comparison across diverse substrates.
- Definition of intelligence in terms of stress reduction.
- Observer-relative competency to identify and solve problems; defined as capacity, not manifest action, across all substrates.
- Definitional claim distinguishing intelligence from care.
- William James' definition of intelligence, 1890, quoted as a cybernetic benchmark.
- Predicts that care-driven expansion of concern leads to higher intelligence.
- Redefines 'human-level' AI from performance metrics to relational compatibility of cognitive scope