jwb

It depends on the criteria you set. To me it's not about the density of information, by that criteria computers arguably already have humans beat. It's about the level of autonomy and adaptability. The ability to make complex decisions and entertain abstract thought.

Like the ants example... There's footage of leaf cutter ants being burned alive while trying to cut leaves. You can see their motor functioning slow down and contort, all the while never abandoning the mission of cutting leaves until they're burnt to a crisp.

This is because individually they behave based on a set of relatively simple rules. Collectively they make decisions as a colony based on the aggregate data collected by each ant following these simple rules and modes of behavior.

every possible domain or criteria we use to measure human intelligence. Spatial memory, processing, abstract reasoning, you name it. There's no criteria that they can't potentially surpass us on. And since our own Intelligence is once again the result of ad hoc trial and error, it stands to reason that intentional design and engineering can produce systems that will do so in every domain. In some domains it has already happened. I won't speculate how far off we are from this, since our understanding of Neuroscience is very limited at this point.