I think I've never completely understood the Chinese room argument, to me it seems like that whole chain of examples and counter examples are the product of people playing word games and discussing definitions.

If your 'room' 'understands', but no part of the 'room' can be attributed with having 'intelligence', doesn't it stand to reason that the _room_ itself is the intelligent actor? I really don't see the problem with the fact that the human 'cpu' doesn't speak Chinese, the room itself 'understands' Chinese just fine.