Searle writes that he has no objection to this claim, but argues that this is fundamentally different from the claim made by strong AI. Searle states that his interest was in challenging the thesis that ?mental processes are computational processes over formally defined elements.? Since this response redefines the goals of strong AI, it also trivializes the original claim. The new claim is that strong AI is ?whatever artificially produces and explains cognition,? and not that a formal program can produce and explain cognition. |
Searle writes that he has no objection to this claim, but argues that this is fundamentally different from the claim made by strong AI. Searle states that his interest was in challenging the thesis that ?mental processes are computational processes over formally defined elements.? Since this response redefines the goals of strong AI, it also trivializes the original claim. The new claim is that strong AI is ?whatever artificially produces and explains cognition,? and not that a formal program can produce and explain cognition. |