Re:Neural nets are not “slightly conscious,” and AI PR can d...
by earth_walker on Monday February 21, 2022 @12:31PM
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My completely naive reply to the Chinese room is that as stated doesn't learn from the inputs and outputs.
Let's modify it slightly to include a second stream of responses to the room's answers. Then make a guidebook that adds new rules based on the growing history of interaction.
Now the rulebook doesn't just compute a 1-1 map of input to output: each interaction updates not only its experience, but all present and future answers. An input to the system invokes memory, taps into experience, evaluates nuance.
Given lots of time and interaction and a good broad set of questions and responses, does the system understand Chinese? If it does not, then what is missing between it's understanding and ours?
Let's modify it slightly to include a second stream of responses to the room's answers. Then make a guidebook that adds new rules based on the growing history of interaction.
Now the rulebook doesn't just compute a 1-1 map of input to output: each interaction updates not only its experience, but all present and future answers. An input to the system invokes memory, taps into experience, evaluates nuance.
Given lots of time and interaction and a good broad set of questions and responses, does the system understand Chinese? If it does not, then what is missing between it's understanding and ours?