Analysis Of John Searle's Arguments Of Computers

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I will explain the reasons for how John Searle's arguments are against the claim that computers are an actual thinking thing.

I'll first talk about how Searle was lead to question the claim of computers being things that could actually think and were considered to have a strong sense intelligence based on the assumptions made by Alan Turing. He developed a test called the "Turing test" or, in other words, the "Imitation Game". The "Turing test" was a test that used a person (interrogator) who asked two subjects (a human and a computer) a series of questions that aided the integrator in determining which of the subjects was actually a human. (A.M. Turing, 1950, pg.) The assumptions based on the test included: If something has the ability to have thought then it is considered a thinker. The other assumption in question is that not only humans have the capability of having a mind, but other things including objects could also have a mind which makes them a thinking thing. These assumptions made Searle question on how the assumptions could be accurate, so in order to try to find a way to argue that the assumptions are not valid, so he created his experiment called the "Chinese Room Experiment". With this experiment, Searle was able to provide arguments that go against the claim proposed from the "Turing test" which I will discuss …show more content…

The programming of the computer could be set as an equation which with a given input, it can be calculated and then it spit out the answer or output. With this support, a computer is not considered a thinking thing since the computer is given certain programming that would give it the ability to pass a test like the "Turing

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