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Synthetic intelligence
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<p> Synthetic intelligence (SI) is an alternative/opposite term for <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">artificial intelligence</a> emphasizing that the intelligence of machines need not be an imitation or in any way artificial; it can be a genuine form of intelligence. <a href="/facts/John_Haugeland/xN5tfAzY">John Haugeland</a> proposes an analogy with <a href="/facts/Diamond_simulant/orvPR8u0">simulated diamonds</a> and <a href="/facts/Synthetic_diamond/G74kbCBg">synthetic diamonds</a>—only the synthetic diamond is truly a diamond. Synthetic means that which is produced by synthesis, combining parts to form a whole; colloquially, a human-made version of that which has arisen naturally. A "synthetic intelligence" would therefore be or appear human-made, but not a simulation. </p>