Yoav Goldberg Revisits Searle's Chinese Room Argument
yoavgo · x · 2026-08-17
Yoav Goldberg shared a post he wrote around the time ChatGPT emerged, revisiting Searle's "Chinese Room" argument. The article reflects on a dialogue from over 20 years ago when he first encountered the thought experiment, discussing whether a system manipulating symbols without understanding their meaning can be considered intelligent, touching on core philosophical issues regarding the nature of AI understanding.
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