[ExI] The symbol grounding problem in strong AI

[Gordon Swobe]

Jeff,

> Searle's argument seems little more than another
> attempt -- born of ooga-booga spirituality -- to deny the basic truth 
> of materialism:

It's precisely the opposite of that. 

Searle wants to know what possesses some intelligent people to attribute "mind" to mere programs running on computers, programs which in the final analysis do nothing more interesting that kitchen can-openers. 

He's not the mystic. They are.


-gts