> To all of the questions that the person asks, it makes appropriate responses, such that any Chinese speaker would be convinced that they are talking to anothe

> To all of the questions that the person asks, it makes appropriate responses, such that any Chinese speaker would be convinced that they are talking to another Chinese-speaking human being. This is a fallacy, regardless of the language. Some comms between conscious entities must always contain metaphoric language, including signaling through body language. A shrug is a metaphor for uncertainty. This is why the premise of the Chinese Room is true (we can’t build a mind in a box) but also why conscious machines will necessarily have to have bodies. Anything that is conscious and can hold a (real) dialog with a human will have emotional output tied to the body and it’s collective experience.