Formatting Requirements: Your essay should be at least 2 pages in length (1 inch margins on top, bottom, left and right, 12pt font size, Times New Roman font, line spacing no larger than 1.5 spacing—NOT double-spaced). Each essay should be no longer than 3 pages (will be penalized if over length). Indent first line of each paragraph. Do not skip any lines between paragraphs. You should include your name on the first line of the essay, and optionally a title for your essay (don’t skip lines between name and title). You may skip one line before the first paragraph of the essay.
In your essay, discuss the nature of “intelligence” and what you feel it means for a creature or machine to be “intelligent.” No prior reading is necessary to complete this first essay. Only what you know coming into this course is needed for this assignment. To help you get started, you might consider posing your answer to one or more of the following questions though you are not limited to one of these. You do not need to address all of these in your essay. In fact, if you attempt to address more than one or two of these, then your essay will likely be overly broad, not sufficiently focused, or unclear.
What is “intelligence”?
What properties or abilities must a creature possess to be considered “intelligent”?
Make sure you clearly and concisely state and defend a well formulated thesis using accurate supporting points. This is not a research paper, so you are not expected to conduct extensive research.
