“Explaining the nature of consciousness is one of the most puzzling areas of philosophy, but the concept is notoriously debatable. The problem of consciousness is arguably the most principal issue in philosophy of the mind and is also mostly related to quantum physics, such as the possibility of belief in free will.” But how are we to understand consciousness? Is it something any object can possess, whether alive or not? Only humans can maintain consciousness; therefore, a computer can never duplicate human intelligence.
The argument and thought experiment generally referred to as the Chinese Room Argument was first published in the paper in the 1980s by the American philosopher John Searle. The Chinese Room Argument, in recent years, has become one of the most well-known arguments in philosophy. Searle, creates a scenario, with himself alone in a room following a computer, containing a program for responding to Chinese characters that have been slipped under the door. Searle doesn’t have any earthly understanding of Chinese, and yet, by following the computer program and copying the characters down he is ultimately fooling the outside into thinking there is a Chinese speaker in the room. (e.g.) In conclusion, computers may appear to have an understanding, but are not aware of …show more content…
The commonly asked question whether machines can think is “too meaningless,” Turing once said. The phrase “The Turing Test” often is linked to some kind of behavioral tests. In the original example, the human interrogator takes part in conversations with one other human and a computer designed to produce similar behavior from that of a conscious human being. “However if people ponder the more important question, whether or not a machine can do well in a certain kind of game, then in Turing’s eyes, people do have a question that admits of specific