Artificial Intelligence II
Philosophical Problems
English - May 14, 2013 05:52 - 45 minutes - 26.2 MB - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsCourses Education Society & Culture Philosophy la trobe university philosophy humanities social sciences jack reynolds andrew brennan time travel Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Two of the most vocal critics of the idea that information processing machines may be said to think, or show intelligence, are Hubert Dreyfus and John Searle. This lecture briefly addresses some of Dreyfus' thoughts in this regard, which hinge on the contrast between know-how and knowledge-that, before turning to consider Searle's famous "Chinese Room" thought experiment and the various replies that have been made to it.
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