A.I. or artificial Intelligence---Who came up with that term? They must have been in marketing. I'd do research on it, but this is a blog devoid of such fact verifying activity. Artificial ?. If something is Intelligent, theres nothing artificial about it from the moment of Intelligence on. It is , or it isn't. It always seems like we ( people) claim to know what Intelligence is.We only know what things are ,based on our limited knowledge and an assumption that we have the "facts' straight.There are some things we do not know. Who knows, if the aliens fall out of the sky, humans may find out what popcorn shrimp feel like. I saw a post the other day with the title ' If animals are smart why are they food?'. (I forget the site, I think it was on an MSN home page) Again,,,,an assumption that we humans aren't food. I imagine a pack of lions eating a person, all gathered around the kill, and the goofy lion yucks it up and says " They sure taste good. If they are so smart , why are they food"? Note---I would like to add, I have no claims to holding any personal intelligence whatsoever. I write a blog. Have a good day and thank you for your time --Mark Burkenbine