The Brain Simulator Reply
A computational system that simulated the complete brain—i.e. the pattern of neuronal firings—of a Chinese speaker would be able to understand Chinese.


Anticipated by John Searle 1908a, 1980b, 1990b.

Also supported by the Chinese Gym Argument, Map 5, Box 5.

Note: This has also been called the connectionist reply, which claims that connectionist neural networks are not affected by the Chinese Room argument.
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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
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Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
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Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3] »Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
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The Chinese Room Argument [4] »The Chinese Room Argument [4]
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The Chinese Gym Argument  »The Chinese Gym Argument
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The Chinese Water-pipe brain simulator »The Chinese Water-pipe brain simulator
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