The Purpose of Searle's Chinese Room Experiment Was to Demonstrate

question 15

Multiple Choice

The purpose of Searle's Chinese Room experiment was to demonstrate that:

• A)computers manipulate symbols without understanding them
• B)proponents of strong AI are correct
• C)computers have syntax but not semantics
• D)computers manipulate symbols without understanding them and computers have syntax but not semantics

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Definitions:

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA that influence characteristics and are passed from parents to offspring.

Blood Types

Classifications of human blood based on the presence or absence of antibodies and inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells.

Alleles

Alternative versions of a gene that produce distinguishable phenotypic effects, occupying the same position or locus on a chromosome.

Type A

Often refers to a personality type characterized by competitiveness, urgency, and heightened stress levels.