Zombie Mouse in a Chinese Room
- Submitting institution
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Goldsmiths' College
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 3238
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1007/s13347-014-0150-2
- Title of journal
- Philosophy & Technology
- Article number
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- First page
- 209
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 2210-5433
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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http://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/10864/
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- John Searle’s Chinese Room Argument (CRA) is arguably the 20th century’s greatest philosophical polariser. On the one hand, looking headed for ‘philosophical-immortality’; on the other, seemingly far removed from the actual practice of AI. This paper analyses recent advances in animats (bio-machine hybrids) to suggest that syntax alone, even in animats, cannot yield semantics (understanding). The work builds on Nasuto & Bishop’s earlier, “Of (zombie) mice and animats”, presented at PT-AI 2011 (Thessaloniki), where it was the highest ranked paper at review (amongst a very strong field which included one of the last works from the eminent Philosopher Hubert Dreyfus).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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