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Todd asked whether it's a mistake to sort a system like Claude.ai into intelligent or not-intelligent. It is — but not for the reason people usually give. A tour of the add-ons that make the thing you're talking to, and why the yes/no question can't even find its referent.
On growing minds rather than programming them, on software that fits like a handmade shoe, and on what a glowworm moving through space-time has to do with the question of what intelligence is for.
AI isn't just automating work — it's compressing the distance between intention and execution, activating latent ambitions, and shifting the real barrier upstream to judgment and taste.
Most developers use AI as a sophisticated clipboard. Here's what changes when you build the infrastructure to make it an actual collaborator.