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From: ted.kihm@canremote.uucp (TED KIHM)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Can Machines Think?
Message-ID: <90021204233376@masnet.uucp>
Date: 12 Feb 90 09:10:00 GMT
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ru>What exactly IS the difference between "understanding" and "the formal
ru>manipulation of syntatic symbols"?
ru>BUT HE NEVER SAYS WHAT IT IS! ARG!

It's that little bit of the ineffable that makes us different
from machines!  Perfectly legitimate argument.

In any case, despite his rambling on, Searle really only claims one
point.  Searle is stoutly refuting the proposition that ALL computer
programs are intelligent.  Now that we've been enlightened to the fact
that "Hello World" does not constitute an intelligent entity, lets get
on with it!
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