the-podcast guy recently linked this essay, its old, but i don't think its significantly wrong (despite gpt evangelists) also read weizenbaum, libs, for the other side of the coin

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[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

At the very least some people are trying to use the Chinese Room thought experiment as an argument against the brain-as-computer analogy/framework.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is it fair to say we both think the chinese room is a poor thought experiment that doesn't actually do what it claims to do?

[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

I suppose so. At least when it comes to the Chinese Room being used as an argument against brain-as-computer analogies/frameworks.