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Artificial Intelligence Strong Ai
1,667 wordsThe aim of this study is to show that John Searles premises from which he derived his Chinese Room argument are false, therefore, his claim that strong artificial intelligence is not possible is invalid. Partisans of strong AI claim that in a question and answer sequence, not only is a machine simulating a human ability but also: a. ) The machine can literally be said to understand the story and provide answers to questions b. ) What the machine and its program do is explain the human ability to...
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Critique Of Pure Reason Synthetic A Priori
1,036 wordsThe exploration into Immanuel Kant's thought is one of, insight, perception, and open-mindedness. His work in the field of philosophy and intellectual development spanned over thirty-five years. He wrote on virtually all philosophical topics but his love was in the branch of metaphysics. His role in the evolvement of modern thought is vast and profound. Immanuel Kant was born, lived, and died in Konigsberg, East Prussia. Although he never left East Prussia, he is one of the most highly regarded ...
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Morally Permissible Mary Anne
1,383 wordsThe fundamental question that most philosophers agree on when discussing abortion is, How do you determine the humanity of a being (Noonan, p. 117)? Or, in other words, when does a being acquire a right to life? The answer to these questions will determine when it is, if ever, morally acceptable to abort a fetus. There are many different answers varying from one extreme to another. Conservatives believe that infants acquire their rights to life at the moment of conception while the liberals feel...
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Mental States Thought Experiment
1,904 wordster>Sam Vaknin's Psychology, Philosophy, Economics and Foreign Affairs Web Sites Whole forests have been wasted in the effort to refute the Chinese Room Thought Experiment proposed by Searle in 1980 and refined (really derived from axioms) in 1990. The experiment envisages a room in which an English speaker sits, equipped with a book of instructions in English. Through one window messages in Chinese are passed on to him (in the original experiment, two types of mes...
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Neural Networks Artificial Intelligence
2,450 wordsMind and Machine: The Essay Technology has traditionally evolved as the result of human needs. Invention, when prized and rewarded, will invariably rise-up to meet the free market demands of society. It is in this realm that Artificial Intelligence research and the resultant expert systems have been forged. Much of the material that relates to the field of Artificial Intelligence deals with human psychology and the nature of consciousness. Exhaustive debate on consciousness and the possibilities...
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Mental States Thought Experiment
1,905 wordsSam Vaknins Psychology, Philosophy, Economics and Foreign Affairs Web Sites Whole forests have been wasted in the effort to refute the Chinese Room Thought Experiment proposed by Searle in 1980 and refined (really derived from axioms) in 1990. The experiment envisages a room in which an English speaker sits, equipped with a book of instructions in English. Through one window messages in Chinese are passed on to him (in the original experiment, two types of messages). He is supposed to follow the...
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