Like many students of artificial intelligence, I have long viewed John Searle’s Chinese Room argument with slight annoyance. It seems so obviously wrong headed and yet it persists. So I was pleasantly surprised to find myself re-evaluating my interpretation of the argument after watching some old videos of Searle. This is not to say that I suddenly believe it is a good argument, but I now think I understand a little better why Searle makes it.
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Neil Madden 