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behrlich 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: I'm scared about biological computing

I think so! You independently stumbled upon the "China brain" thought experiment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_brain - is "the nation of china simulating a brain" conscious?

throw310822 4 months ago [–]

From this and Searle's "Chinese room" at least we know for sure that any conscious entity of this type must speak Chinese.

fragmede 4 months ago | [–]

Do Chinese people call it the English room experiment?

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