A thought experiment to disprove Software Brain/Strong AI theory.
- You are in a room and are required to translate english to chinese.
- You have a dictionary If you only understood the mappings between the english language to the chinese language, you would not have the understanding of any of the Semantics of the chinese language.
Argument
P1. Person in chinese room doesn't understand chinese
P1. Person in chinese room implements same program as if its someone who does understand chinese
-- Conj --
IC: Implementing a program isnt sufficient for understanding chinese
C: Implementing a program isnt sufficient for having a mindKnowing a language requires:
- Having an interpretation to those symbols