Yeah, but we don't say the computer was beaten by the collective action of the neurons of the chess master. Or at least, that doesn't seem like the most useful

Yeah, but we don't say the computer was beaten by the collective action of the neurons of the chess master. Or at least, that doesn't seem like the most useful way to think about the problem. This is just a recasting of the Chinese Room argument[0]. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room