> I wish I had a mega-meme expulsion cannon and could expunge that mental knot > of twisted AI arterialsclerosis. > > John >
Well-put. The original argument was put forward to show that all AI is impossible, not just symbolic AI. I can see why someone might take it the other way, but I don't think it works; the complicated instruction books inside the room could implement either a symbolic AI or a nonsymbolic one. The details would need to be changed; perhaps you want video input rather than chinese input, and robot-control as output. And we'd need some silly trick like a timewarp to make the robot move in real time. But I think Searle would still stick to his guns and say that the person in the room does not comprehend the data he is manipulating (the 1s and 0s from the video feed), therefore no understanding occurs. So, Terren, in my opinion you should drop the chinese room in connection with your argument. It simply has too much historical baggage. -Abram ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=108809214-a0d121 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
