Re:The Chinese Room Argument
by yongjik on Sunday February 03, 2019 @06:02PM
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But the index cards are relevant! If we rewrite it as thus:
> There is a really fancy computer, and a person who has the switch. When the person turns on the switch, you can converse with the computer in Chinese. Does this fancy computer understand Chinese?
Then, well, at least I would say "Well, wasn't that the exact question you were trying to answer in the first place? What changed?"
> There is a really fancy computer, and a person who has the switch. When the person turns on the switch, you can converse with the computer in Chinese. Does this fancy computer understand Chinese?
Then, well, at least I would say "Well, wasn't that the exact question you were trying to answer in the first place? What changed?"