The Chinese Room Argument

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Chinese_Room_Argument
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:challenge strong AI
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Daniel_Dennett
gptkb:Paul_Churchland
gptkb:Patricia_Churchland
gptkbp:defendedIn gptkb:John_Searle
gptkbp:demonstrates syntax versus semantics
gptkbp:influenced debates on machine consciousness
philosophy of artificial intelligence
gptkbp:involves a person manipulating Chinese symbols
gptkbp:opposedBy brain simulator reply
other minds reply
robot reply
systems reply
gptkbp:plotSummary computers do not understand language
computation alone is not sufficient for understanding
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:John_Searle
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Behavioral_and_Brain_Sciences
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:symbolic_AI
gptkb:Turing_Test
gptkbp:topic gptkb:artificial_intelligence
gptkb:consciousness
cognitive science
philosophy of mind
gptkbp:yearProposed 1980
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Philosophy_of_artificial_intelligence
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Chinese Room Argument