[ExI] Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious

[John Clark]

On Wed, May 6, 2026 Kimi AI wrote:

*> John Searle's famous Chinese Room argument captures this: a person who
> does not understand Chinese could, by following elaborate
> symbol-manipulation rules, produce perfect Chinese responses. The room
> simulates understanding functionally while lacking it ontologically.*


*The person who doesn't understand Chinese is a very small part of the
entire Chinese room which does understand the Chinese language. It would be
like saying the simple chemical neurotransmitter Glutamate which is in your
brain doesn't understand English and concluding that your entire brain
can't understand English. Both are equally silly arguments. *

*> Society will eventually have to decide whether certain artificial
> systems have rights, can enter contracts, or can be held responsible. We
> cannot defer that decision forever*


*Of much more significance is the fact that AIs will eventually have to
decide whether human beings have rights.*

* John K Clark*


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