A Fair Version of the Chinese Room
By the Chinese room thought experiment, John Searle (1980) advocates the thesis that it is impossible for computers to think in the same way that human beings do. This article intends firstly to show that the Chinese room does not justify or even test this thesis and secondly to describe exactly how...
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| author | Hasan Çağatay |
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| description | By the Chinese room thought experiment, John Searle (1980) advocates the thesis that it is impossible for computers to think in the same way that human beings do. This article intends firstly to show that the Chinese room does not justify or even test this thesis and secondly to describe exactly how the person in the Chinese room can learn Chinese. Regarding this learning process, Searle ignores the relevance of an individual’s pattern recognition capacity for understanding. To counter Searle’s claim, this paper, via examining a series of thought experiments inspired by the Chinese room, aims to underline the importance of pattern recognition for understanding to emerge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2cf18a03b3f749039bb5bc7e54b476852022-12-21T23:19:37ZengVilnius University PressProblemos1392-11262424-61582019-10-019610.15388/Problemos.96.10A Fair Version of the Chinese RoomHasan Çağatay0Social Sciences University of Ankara, TurkeyBy the Chinese room thought experiment, John Searle (1980) advocates the thesis that it is impossible for computers to think in the same way that human beings do. This article intends firstly to show that the Chinese room does not justify or even test this thesis and secondly to describe exactly how the person in the Chinese room can learn Chinese. Regarding this learning process, Searle ignores the relevance of an individual’s pattern recognition capacity for understanding. To counter Searle’s claim, this paper, via examining a series of thought experiments inspired by the Chinese room, aims to underline the importance of pattern recognition for understanding to emerge.http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/14615Artificial intelligenceChinese roomTuring testunderstandingpattern recognition |
| spellingShingle | Hasan Çağatay A Fair Version of the Chinese Room Problemos Artificial intelligence Chinese room Turing test understanding pattern recognition |
| title | A Fair Version of the Chinese Room |
| title_full | A Fair Version of the Chinese Room |
| title_fullStr | A Fair Version of the Chinese Room |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Fair Version of the Chinese Room |
| title_short | A Fair Version of the Chinese Room |
| title_sort | fair version of the chinese room |
| topic | Artificial intelligence Chinese room Turing test understanding pattern recognition |
| url | http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/14615 |
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