Quantitative measure of intelligence

Abstract

A method of measuring intelligence quantitatively in units of bits based on information theory is presented. The proposed definition of intelligence gives only a quantitative measure of the thinking process distinguishable from the information processing part and knowledge. It also treats intelligence as a resource and predicts that a C compiler uses more intelligence per instruction than a Spice program. The term 'capability for intelligence' is introduced and shows that a human being may have a much higher capability for intelligence than a microprocessor. The amount of intelligence measured can be used to develop more intelligent microprocessors and algorithms.<>