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    1. 09-17-2009 08:09 AM #1
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      Chinese Room

      The Chinese room argument comprises a thought experiment and associated arguments by John Searle (1980), which attempts to show that a symbol-processing machine like a computer can never be properly described as having a "mind" or "understanding", regardless of how intelligently it may behave.

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    2. 09-18-2009 01:07 AM #2
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      I don't see how this proves anything.
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      I always agreed with the idea that Computers can never have a 'mind,' like we do. However, we can get pretty damn close I think.


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      What is consciousness but signals? I'm not sure.
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      Quote Originally Posted by The Invisible Man View Post
      I always agreed with the idea that Computers can never have a 'mind,' like we do. However, we can get pretty damn close I think.
      Why not?
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      I don't know... I'm currently studying artificial intelligence, so I'm sure I'll get this argument covered in a history class or something. Until then, I don't know whether machines can have a mind of their own. I guess we'll only know when my robots take over the planet.

      Still... This begs the question... Aren't humans just machines? Very complicated ones, that's for sure, but what's the fundamental difference between us and a machine? What is there inside of us that can never be created within a machine?
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    7. 09-18-2009 10:27 PM #7
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