Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!warwick!nott-cs!ucl-cs!news From: G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Gordon Joly) Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy Subject: Re: Searle, Strong AI, and Chinese Rooms Message-ID: <1312@ucl-cs.uucp> Date: 30 Nov 90 17:18:30 GMT Sender: news@cs.ucl.ac.uk Lines: 9 Thought experiments are OK, but how long would it take to process one question in the Chinese Room, by hand and in real time? The age of the Universe? Or less time than that? Gordon Joly +44 71 387 7050 ext 3716 InterNet: G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk UUCP: ...!{uunet,ukc}!ucl-cs!G.Joly Computer Science, University College London, Gower Street, LONDON WC1E 6BT