Man in Chinese Room would have to be an alien
Searle assumes the man can carry out millions of operations per second with perfect accuracy.  As real humans get lazy, bored and distracted, the man would have to be an alien with "a mix of superhuman capacities and subhuman needs and desires."


James Moor, 1988 (p.40).
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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3] »Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
The Chinese Room Argument [4] »The Chinese Room Argument [4]
The Pseudorealisation Fallacy »The Pseudorealisation Fallacy
Man in Chinese Room would have to be an alien
James Moor »James Moor
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