> Consider performing the algorithm of Alpha Go Zero through a million people equipped with pen and paper. One can hardly argue against this being possible in principle, but what is playing the game?

I prefer a simpler analogy: what step in a sorting algorithm actually does the sorting? The question is actually nonsense, because every step is necessary, and removing any single step will break the sorting property for some inputs.

When you have all the relevant information, it's clear that the original question itself is ill-posed. We lack some of that information when it comes to.consciousness, hence why the Chinese Room is convincing to some.