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Intelligence 1: What makes us intelligent?

Simplifying Complexity

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Rules That Make Hard Problems Easy Problems

Imitation is the art of making something seem really simple. The definition of intelligence that I provide is rule systems that make hard problems, easy problems. And so much of my work is trying to understand the different dimensions that turn a hard problem into an easy problem.

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