Or is consciousness not necessary for intelligence?
Indeed. If we mean “intelligence” as ability to optimize an arbitrary goal X, I don’t see either consciousness or intelligence being at all necessary for the other. These are two completely different things.
Consciousness is currently mysterious (at least for me), intelligence not really.
So is the source of consciousness not a mystery? Or is consciousness not necessary for intelligence?
Indeed. If we mean “intelligence” as ability to optimize an arbitrary goal X, I don’t see either consciousness or intelligence being at all necessary for the other. These are two completely different things.
Consciousness is currently mysterious (at least for me), intelligence not really.
This article makes some interesting points about the meaning of intelligence. Curious what you think of Hofstadter’s arguments.