Column: With artificial intelligence on the rise, humans should reconsider the way we think about our own

Intelligence: We all think we know it when we see it. But do we really understand that elusive quality? It's clear that our ideas about intelligence have evolved over time as the skills deemed necessary for survival and success have changed. Just think about the way kids roll their eyes when their parents have a hard time understanding technology. Those young folks instinctively grasp what to us seems foreign and hopelessly confounding.