AI thinks it’s smart. Chimpanzees may disagree.

For something that is so admired and so synonymous with merit, the concept of intelligence is remarkably poorly understood. Our society assumes that people with greater intelligence deserve access to better schools and better jobs. Many people believe that animals with higher intelligence deserve to be treated more humanely or at least not be used as food. Our technology leaders are obsessed with comparing human intelligence with the latest AI systems. Many claim that these systems will one day surpass us