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It might look like they're conscious but in fact it's only their actions that closely resemble those of conscious beings. The actions are obviously fully automa
by praptak 12y ago
It might look like they're conscious but in fact it's only their actions that closely resemble those of conscious beings. The actions are obviously fully automatic because how could meat be conscious?
- kps 12y agoIf you had a piece of meat than consumed English words and excreted correctly translated Chinese, could it be said that the meat actually understands Chinese?
- jimmaswell 12y agoHow complex does a system of algorithms have to be to "understand" something? Hard question.
- krolley 12y agoIt's a reference to the 'Chinese Room' thought experiment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room