Tag: Chinese Room

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podcast

Larry Nobles
Date
October 6, 2022

Tagged
Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Chinese Room, Human intelligence, John Searle, non-algorithmic, Non-Computable You (book), Non-Computable You book excerpt, qualia, Robert J. Marks}

Get a Sneak Peek of the New Non-Computable You Audiobook

_{Larry Nobles
October 6, 2022

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Will machines someday replace attorneys, physicians, computer programmers, and world leaders? What about composers, painters, and novelists? Will tomorrow’s supercomputers duplicate and exceed humans? Are we just wetware, natural computers doomed to obsolescence by tomorrow’s ultra-powerful artificial intelligence? Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will by Mind Matters podcast host Robert J. Marks is now available in Read More ›

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podcast

Bill Meyer and Robert J. Marks
Date
July 7, 2022

Tagged
Alan Turing, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Chinese Room, Creativity, machine intelligence, Mind-Brain Distinction, mind-brain problem, Non-Computable You (book), qualia, Robert J. Marks, Sentience, the imitation game}

Why Computers Will Never Understand What They are Doing

_{Bill Meyer and Robert J. Marks
July 7, 2022

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Can computers be sentient? Are there things which humans can do that computers can’t? Is artificial intelligence really creative? Robert J. Marks talks about his new book Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will with talk show host Bill Meyer. Additional Resources Hear Bill’s podcasts at www.BillMeyerShow.com (broadcast from KMED / KCMD, Medford, OR). Purchase Robert J. Marks’ Read More ›

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post

News
Date
August 27, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Creativity, Machine Learning

Tagged
___longform, Chinese Room, Church–Turing Thesis, Hill Country Institute, Quantum Computing, the imitation game}

Six Limitations of Artificial Intelligence As We Know It

_{You’d better hope it doesn’t run your life, as Robert J. Marks explains to Larry Linenschmidt} _{News
August 27, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Creativity, Machine Learning}

The list is a selection from “Bingecast: Robert J. Marks on the Limitations of Artificial Intelligence,” a discussion between Larry L. Linenschmidt of the Hill Country Institute and Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks. The focus on why we mistakenly attribute understanding and creativity to computers. The interview was originally published by the Hill Country Institute and is reproduced with thanks. https://episodes.castos.com/mindmatters/Mind-Matters-097-Robert-Marks.mp3 Here is a partial transcript, listing six limits of AI as we know it: (The Show Notes, Additional Resources, and a link to the full transcript are below.) 1. Computers can do a great deal but, by their nature, they are limited to algorithms. Larry L. Linenschmidt: When I read the term “classical computer,” how does a computer function? Let’s build on Read More ›

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post

News
Date
December 31, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Ambiguity, Chinese Room, Computers, John Searle, Larry L. Linenschmidt, Robert J. Marks, Understanding}

What Did the Computer Learn in the Chinese Room? Nothing.

_{Computers don’t “understand” things and they can’t handle ambiguity, says Robert J. Marks} _{News
December 31, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Larry L. Linenschmidt interviews Robert J. Marks on the difference between performing a task and understanding the task, as explained in philosopher John Searle’s famous “Chinese Room” thought experiment.

A Short Argument Against the Materialist Account of the Mind

_{You can simply picture yourself eating a chocolate ice cream sundae.} _{Jay Richards
October 12, 2018

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Philosophy of Mind}

We have thoughts and ideas—what philosophers call “intentional” states—that are about things other than themselves. We don’t really know how this works. But whenever we speak to another person, we assume it must be true. And in our own case, we know it’s true. Even to deny it is to affirm it. Read More ›