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I truly hate media that trivializes serious philosophical positions.

The boombox isn't just as intelligent as the dog, but it may be indistinguishable sound-wise from the dog. If you can make a computer perform an "intelligent" task, then I don't care what's going on underneath. I would still call it intelligent.

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And if you can make a robot perform some of the tasks dogs can do (walking around without any foreknowledge of the environment, for one), I'd call it a significant advancement in AI. Those tasks just aren't related to making noises...