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Minds, Brains, and Programs

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In John Searle: The Chinese room argument
…paper published in 1980, “Minds, Brains, and Programs,” Searle developed a provocative argument to show that artificial intelligence is indeed artificial. Imagine that a person who knows nothing of the Chinese language is sitting alone in a room. In that room are several boxes containing cards on which Chinese…
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In philosophy of mind: Searle’s Chinese room
…a widely reprinted paper, “Minds, Brains, and Programs” (1980), Searle claimed that mental processes cannot possibly consist of the execution of computer programs of any sort, since it is always possible for a person to follow the instructions of the program without undergoing the target mental process. He offered…
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