Human understanding isn't reducible to internal semantics
No program, even if it can learn, can possibly have understanding in the human sense. Primitive categories are necessary to understanding, and a program can't generate these categories by itself.
Neil Jahren, 1990.
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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 Syntax-Semantics Barrier »The Syntax-Semantics Barrier
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Programs that learn can overcome the barrier »Programs that learn can overcome the barrier
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Internal semantics in syntactic networks that learn »Internal semantics in syntactic networks that learn
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Human understanding isn't reducible to internal semantics
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The Chinese Record Book thought experiment »The Chinese Record Book thought experiment
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