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* Like any religious object of the Dan Brown variety, mine has a secret compartment, hiding a scroll (stained with tea for that authentic hidden-scroll look) of that same Searle argument translated into binary code. This is in case the nefarious computer overlords of the future don’t have any more need for physical interfaces and wouldn’t be plugging in to any random USB ports they find – in which case, a small band of future humans will need to infiltrate the lair of the MCP (Master Control Program) and type in the Searle argument directly. Since the nefarious computers will have disabled all physical interfaces (because those are only of use to humans), this small band will need to construct their own interface, and something with just two buttons is really all one can expect of them, since they’ll be dodging lasers and security cameras and all that. Also, if this is made into a miniseries in the further future, the binary version of the argument is so many 1’s and 0’s that they can make an entire episode out of just the inputting of this code, substantially reducing the production budget.

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Searle's thought experiment begins with this hypothetical premise: suppose that artificial intelligence research has succeeded in constructing a computer that behaves as if it understands Chinese. It takes Chinese characters as input and, by following the instructions of a computer program, produces other Chinese characters, which it presents as output. Suppose, says Searle, that this computer performs its task so convincingly that it comfortably passes the Turing test: it convinces a human Chinese speaker that the program is itself a human Chinese speaker. To all of the questions that the human asks, it makes appropriate responses, such that any Chinese speaker would be convinced that he or she is talking to another Chinese-speaking human being.

Some proponents of artificial intelligence would conclude that the computer "understands" Chinese. This conclusion, a position he refers to as strong AI, is the target of Searle's argument.

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