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Article #8779Re: Chinese Room by Shannon and McCarthy from 1956
From: Kenneth Sloan
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1990 05:07
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1990 05:07
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In article <2903@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) writes: >... >As to Searle's personal success with the idea, it's probably just that >his Gedanken experiment is nicely held in the mind in a "cute" manner, >and it's very clever. Again, Shannon summarized the position in that >one paragraph, yet he wasn't famous for it. Somehow, Shannon and McCarthy managed to get quite famous enough, anyway...and for somewhat more substantial contributions. I don't think they felt the need to make a career out of a one paragraph straw-man idea. 0) "Those who don't read the literature are doomed to rewrite it" 1) "Those who do read the literature, but have nothing to add, are grateful for those in class 0)" -Ken Sloan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!uw-june!sloan From: sloan@cs.washington.edu (Kenneth Sloan) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Chinese Room by Shannon and McCarthy from 1956 Message-ID: <10599@june.cs.washington.edu> Date: 4 Feb 90 05:07:08 GMT References: <2891@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> <HWAJIN.90Feb1191721@ganges.wrs.com> <2903@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> Reply-To: sloan@june.cs.washington.edu (Kenneth Sloan) Organization: University of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle Lines: 17