> Searle supposes that he is in a closed room and has a book with an English version of the computer program, along with sufficient papers, pencils, erasers, an

> Searle supposes that he is in a closed room and has a book with an English version of the computer program, along with sufficient papers, pencils, erasers, and filing cabinets. Searle could receive Chinese characters through a slot in the door, process them according to the program's instructions, and produce Chinese characters as output, without understanding any of the content of the Chinese writing. This is an interesting and valuable thought experiment! > The Chinese room argument holds that a digital computer executing a program cannot have a "mind", "understanding", or "consciousness", regardless of how intelligently or human-like the program may make the computer behave. This doesn't seem to follow from it. For example what if they made artificial pieces of brain made from computer chips and replaced my brain with it bit by bit like a brain of Theseus. This is how your brain already works to some degree, the atoms in your brain aren't the original ones. I don't see how they say this replaced brain cannot have a 'mind' or 'understanding'.