PHIL102 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Philosophy Of Artificial Intelligence, Chinese Room, Weak Ai

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL102
• Professor: Professor Shabo

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Philosophy test 2: strong ai and weak ai aren"t the name for different kinds of artificial intelligences, surle argues against strong ai thesis. Stong ai thesis- computers fully understand and have cognitive states like a human- genuinely understanding information. Weak ai thesis- appropriately programmed machine is a useful tool for understanding the human brain, as it models the brains function. Does not actually think, goes through set steps. Strong ai maintains that a machine understands what it is doing weak ai does not. Behavior of machine can be seen and agreed upon. Shank may set bar lower for thinking than surle. Surle is not impressed with this example responds by using an analogy of. The chinese room experiment enter room and you are given asian script. Then he is given instructions in english that tell him what to do with the characters in an appropriate sequence.