Machine intelligence, adaptive business intelligence, and natural intelligence

One of the key observations of Larry Fogel was that machine intelligence might be defined as the capability of a system to adapt its behavior to meet desired goals in a range of environments. Consequently, intelligent behavior requires prediction. An additional component of intelligent behavior is adaptation. The concept of adaptability is certainly gaining popularity. Adaptability is a vital component of any intelligent system, as it is hard to argue that a system is intelligent if it does not have the capacity to adapt. For humans, the importance of adaptability is their ability to adapt was a key element in the evolutionary process.