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Article 4956 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: throop@aurs01.UUCP (Wayne Throop)
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Subject: ai in the media
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Date: 7 Apr 92 13:16:46 GMT
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Last year, I was aghast when PBS broadcast (on some science series
or other) a summary of Searle's Chinese Room argument, and loudly
proclaimed that it was now settled that machines can't possibly
ever really understand anything, without ever mentioning that
not quite everybody is convinced by this "proof".

Now I'm even MORE aghast, since I've seen last night's episode
of "The Machine that Changed the World", in which it was stated
(with a straight face, no less) that Turing had established that
anything a human could do, a computer could do.

Ah well.  At least the people who know me are used to my
screaming "AAAAUUUUGGGGHHHH!!!!" in the middle of media presentations
relating to computers, whether print, broadcast, or whatnot.

Sigh.  (Sorry about the only marginal relevance.  I feel better now.)

Wayne Throop       ...!mcnc!aurgate!throop


