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Cleaning out the Chinese Room

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Could computers have minds? Julian Moore criticises John Searle’s famous thought experiment.

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Yes ofc, but currently on a very primitive lvl.

The new "brain chips" that will simulate neurons will have "minds" and in 10 years I'm sure we'r having the first robots/programs that we can have full conversations with.
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HexHammer wrote:... I'm sure we'r having the first robots/programs that we can have full conversations with.
What would you talk about?
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Arising_uk wrote:
HexHammer wrote:... I'm sure we'r having the first robots/programs that we can have full conversations with.
What would you talk about?
Babbel and nonsens.
Actually, if the opportunity arose, I would ask an artificial intelligence what mood it is in.
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