Searle assumes a central locus of control
Searle presupposes any simulation of a native Chinese speaker will involve a central locus of control that manipulate symbols without understanding Chinese—but hasn't shown that a model without a central locus of control wouldn't understand Chinese.
Jacquette cites a version of a computational system that simulates the brain's microlevel functional structure as an example of a model that would lack any central locus of control.


Dale Jacquette, 1989.
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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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Understanding arises from right causal powers »Understanding arises from right causal powers
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Brain's causal powers reproduced by a computer »Brain's causal powers reproduced by a computer
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Searle assumes a central locus of control
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Chinese Room doesn't assume locus of control »Chinese Room doesn't assume locus of control
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Brain has a von Neumann architecture »Brain has a von Neumann architecture
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