Paul Austin Murphy’s Philosophy
This video is a critical account of the ‘#TheChineseRoom’ chapter in #DanielDennett’s book, #IntuitionPumpsandOtherToolsForThinking.
In this chapter Daniel Dennett doesn’t really offer many of his own arguments against #JohnSearle’s position. What he does offer are a lot of ad hominems and simple endorsements of other people’s (i.e., AI aficionados) positions on the #ChineseRoom argument. Indeed, #Dennett is explicit about his support (even if it’s somewhat qualified) of the “#SystemsReply”.
We can happily accept that #Searle’s #thoughtexperiment doesn’t entirely (or even at all) succeed in what it claims to accomplish. However, Dennett’s claims (or those he endorses) don’t demonstrate the possibility of #StrongAI either. In addition, it can also be said that the Searle himself never claimed the “flat-out impossibility of Strong AI” in the first place…
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