[ExI] The symbol grounding problem in strong AI

[Stathis Papaioannou]

2009/12/30 Gordon Swobe <gts_2000 at yahoo.com>:
> Stathis,
>
>> So my question is, Will I still have consciousness in this sense if my
>> brain is replaced with an electronic one that results in the same
>> behaviour? And the answer is, Yes. That's what the thought experiment
>> I've described demonstrates.
>
> If that's what it demonstrates then it misses the point of Searle's argument, which has nothing to do with replacing a natural brain with an electronic one.

It proves that Searle's argument is wrong, since Searle's argument is
that a software based system can't have a mind. That's what I meant by
electronic brain.

> Perhaps we will find a way to create intentionality by electronic means. Assume we have and that the engineer who accomplished that remarkable feat puts his blueprint into a program to run on hardware. The resulting software/hardware system will then only *simulate* the object described in the blueprint.

Are you now claiming that a brain based on analogue but not digital
circuits can have a mind?


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Stathis Papaioannou