Analyzing Searle's The Chinese Room Argument

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In his article, Searle discusses two statements. The first is that intentionality in humans is caused by features of the brain, so certain processes in the brain are satisfactory for intentionality. The other statement he discusses is that a computer program can never have intentionality.

Searle states that ‘strong AI’ demands that any programmed computer displays intentionality similar to human’s. With arguments he gives, the goal is to show that this is not the case.

The argument he uses, is named The Chinese Room argument. With this argument he tries to prove that when a computer acts exactly like a human, there is still no certainty that the computer thinks like a human.

The chinese room argument
Imagine an English speaking person,