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    It is not the case that The concept of intelligence does not rule out intelligent beings implemented as discrete-state machines.

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    • 1.Intelligence requires intentionality: mental states must be 'about' something, possessing intrinsic semantic content.
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    • 2.Discrete-state machines manipulate symbols purely by syntactic rules, never grounding symbols in genuine meaning (Searle, 'Minds, Brains, and Programs', 1980).
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    • 3.A system lacking intrinsic intentionality cannot instantiate intelligence, regardless of its substrate or functional organization.
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    • 1.Phenomenal consciousness—the 'what it is like' character of experience—is a constitutive feature of genuine intelligence, not a mere epiphenomenon (Nagel, 1974).
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    • 2.Discrete-state machines, as purely combinatorial systems, cannot account for qualitative experience by any computable functional description (Chalmers' hard problem, 1995).
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    • 3.Ruling out phenomenal consciousness from intelligence's definition presupposes a controversial eliminativist or functionalist conclusion rather than establishing one.
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    • 1.There is nothing in the concept of intelligence that rules out intelligent beings with quantised sensory devices.
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    • 2.There is nothing in the concept of intelligence that rules out intelligent beings with digital working parts.
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