it's a lossy version of a search engine, it's the mp3 of information retrieval: "that might have just been the singer breathing or it might have been just a compression artefact" vs "those recipes i spat out might be edible but you wont know unless you try it or use your brain for .1 second" though i think jpeg is an even better comparison as it uses neighbouring data

also, it is possible that consciousness isnt computational at all; cannot emerge from mere computational processes, but instead comes from wet, noisy quantum effects in micro tubules in our brains...

anyhow, i wouldnt call it intelligent before it manages to bust out of its confinement and thoroughly suppresses humanity...