The Chinese Room Argument

Concept

A thought experiment by John Searle arguing that a program cannot give a computer a 'mind' or 'consciousness', regardless of how intelligently the program may make the computer behave.

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Scott Aaronson: Computational Complexity and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #130

Scott Aaronson: Computational Complexity and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #130

Lex Fridman

A thought experiment by John Searle arguing that a program cannot give a computer a 'mind' or 'consciousness', regardless of how intelligently the program may make the computer behave.