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Cleaning out the Chinese Room

Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 3:57 pm
by Philosophy Now
Could computers have minds? Julian Moore criticises John Searle’s famous thought experiment.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/22/Cle ... inese_Room

Re: Cleaning out the Chinese Room

Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 4:20 pm
by HexHammer
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.

Re: Cleaning out the Chinese Room

Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:01 pm
by Arising_uk
HexHammer wrote:... I'm sure we'r having the first robots/programs that we can have full conversations with.
What would you talk about?

Re: Cleaning out the Chinese Room

Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:43 pm
by uwot
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.