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Article 5045 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: ske@pkmab.se (Kristoffer Eriksson)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: The Chinese Room (or Number Five's Alive)
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Date: 10 Apr 92 19:32:25 GMT
References: <1992Apr5.210553.11966@psych.toronto.edu> <1992Apr06.164725.3908@spss.com> <1992Apr7.203725.1344@psych.toronto.edu>
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In article <1992Apr7.203725.1344@psych.toronto.edu> michael@psych.toronto.edu (Michael Gemar) writes:
>In article <1992Apr06.164725.3908@spss.com> markrose@spss.com (Mark Rosenfelder) writes:
 >>This is an absurd claim.  Strong AI claims that minds can be created by
 >>implementing an appropriate program.  It does not claim that minds are
 >>created by implementing *any* program.  (Maybe some people think that,
 >>but it is not a consequence of Strong AI.)
 >
 >What counts as an "appropriate" program?  And does this mean you are willing to
 >jettison the Turing Test, since it makes no stipulation as to the 
 >type of program implemented?

Every program does not pass the Turing Test.

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