Anyone that claims it's bad/outdated/unequivocally wrong probably doesn't have the requisite background to make such a claim, let alone any academic training in

Anyone that claims it's bad/outdated/unequivocally wrong probably doesn't have the requisite background to make such a claim, let alone any academic training in the field. The Chinese Room is still studied and debated vigorously. For example, Baggini thinks that Searle's Chinese Room is a knock-down argument against functionalism. Dennett, on the other hand, thinks it's bunk.