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Chinese Water Pipe Brain Simulator

Chinese Room man's given a new rulebook noting which valves to switch on/off in a vast system of waterpipes in response to Chinese inputs. The pipes simulate the neural properties of a Chinese speaker's brain, but the man doesn't understand Chinese.

John Searle 1980a, 1980b, & 1990b.
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Chinese Water Pipe Brain Simulator
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