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>From: burt@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Burt Voorhees)
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Subject: Re: Human intelligence vs. Machine intelligence
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Date: 10 Oct 92 17:38:50 GMT
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>>Dave Moffat writes [amongst other things]:
>>    ...
>>   Searle and Penroe were both surprised by the strength of
>>   the reaction from the AI community that engulfed them.

>>Really? I am not trying to be facetious, but my impression is that both
>>of them are being ignored for the most part. I suppose Searle's Chinese
>>room is probably still good for undergraduate papers and a few articles
>>in the popular press, but he doesn't seem to have the sort of impact [say]
>>Fodor has, and I thought Penrose has been getting the same reaction great
>>actors and actresses get when they decide to sing; A few admirers listen,
>>applaud and exclaim how great a performance it was, while everyone else
>>groans. :-]

>>oz

  Really?  I was just resently sent a list of 38 references to papers
about the Chinese Room, all in major technical journals, with an appended
comment that this was only a partial listing of all the papers which have
been written on this.  The fact that every AI proponent who srites about
machine intelligence seems to feel it necessary to try and refute the
Searle argument to me indicates that this is still a }iok                       
e     point of some interest.  
  As for Penrose, I think that most AI people just don't know how to
reply to him.  Other than attempting to down play his book, of course.
bvl


