[JoshTriplett]

Intelligence does not require "chemical and electrical exchanges in an body". Are you attempting to axiomatically claim that only biological beings can be intelligent (in which case, that's not a useful definition for the purposes of this discussion)? If not, then that's a red herring.

"Annoying" does not mean "false".

[jazzyjackson]

No I'm not making claims about intelligence, I'm making claims about the absurdity of comparing biological systems with silicon arrangements.

[coldtea]

>I'm making claims about the absurdity of comparing biological systems with silicon arrangements.

Aside from a priori bias, this assumption of absurdity is based on what else exactly?

Biological systems can't be modelled (even if in a simplified way or slightly different architecture) "with silicon arrangements", because?

If your answer is "scale", that's fine, but you already conceded to no absurdity at all, just a degree of current scale/capacity.

If your answer is something else, pray tell, what would that be?