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The point of a p-zombie is that it's indistinguishable from a human. A Chinese room could be that in any context that only deals with speech. You could also th
by qbrass 3y ago
The point of a p-zombie is that it's indistinguishable from a human. A Chinese room could be that in any context that only deals with speech.
You could also theoretically memorize how the Chinese room works, as well as the phrase book it uses. You could then go out and have a conversation with someone in Chinese, where the person you're speaking to believes you speak the language, but you have no idea what you or they are talking about.
Maybe you're explaining how to break into NORAD, maybe you're hiring an assassin, you don't know because you don't speak the language.
Does that make you a p-zombie? Or just the part that speaks Chinese? Maybe you now have multiple personalities now who don't share thoughts or feelings?