AI: A Few Philosophical Thoughts Intelligence is one of the defining features of being human and it comes in various forms such as linguistic, spatial, mathematical, and emotional. From a purely practical point of view, intelligence can be defined as the capacity to absorb and learn from experiences; it is the ability of deal with and address problems and be able to adapt to new situations.
Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences. The ability to learn is possessed by plants in a very limited way, animals to some extent, and human beings on a larger scale. Human learning starts at birth (might even start before) and continues due to continuous interactions with other people and the environment. Some learning is immediate, induced by a single event (like burning due to fire), but most other learning accumulates from repeated experiences.
