The Chinese Room

• John Searle

  • “Minds, Brains, and Programs”
  • The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol 3, 1980

• Searle attacked with the ‘Chinese Room’ argument

• Remember, Searle is attacking Strong AI

  • he attacks claims that, e.g. story understanding programs
    • literally understand stories
    • explain human understanding of stories

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