You can't paint all intelligent products with the same "smart" brush. Recognizing that some products or technologies are smarter then others, I use the following intelligence scale to distinguish between levels of " smartness" or intelligence.
Intelligence Level (1) Adapting: Modifying Behaviour to Fit the Environment
Intelligence Level (2) Sensing: Bringing Awareness to Everyday Things
Intelligence Level (3) Inferring: Drawing Conclusions from Rules and Observations
Intelligence Level (4) Learning: Using Experience to Improve Performance
Intelligence Level (5) Anticipating: Thinking and Reasoning about What to Do Next
Intelligence Level (6) Self-Organizing: Self-generating or Designed by a human hand at the nano-technology level
Intelligence Level (1) |
Adapting: |
Modifying Behaviour to Fit the Environment |
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Intelligence Level (2) |
Sensing: |
Bringing Awareness to Everyday Things |
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Intelligence Level (3) |
Inferring: |
Drawing Conclusions from Rules and Observations |
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Intelligence Level (4) |
Learning: |
Using Experience to Improve Performance |
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Intelligence Level (5) |
Anticipating: |
Thinking and Reasoning about What to Do Next |
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Intelligence Level (6) |
Self-creating, |
Able to reproduce itself, regenerate |
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Intelligence Level (6) |
Self-organizing |
Ability for components to self-organize |
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Intelligence Level (6) |
Self-sustaining (A) |
Ability to replicate components |
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Intelligence Level (6) |
Self-sustaining (B) |
Ability to process information |
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Intelligence Level (6) |
Self-sustaining (C) |
Ability to steadily consume energy from the environment |
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Table update March 25, 2006
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