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from the insufficiently-detailed-simulation dept. In this section of the interview, Searle elaborates on the Chinese Room scenario, wrapping up with: And so the computer program, then, has not explained consciousness. "That's right. A computer simulation of a mind is about like computer simulation of digestion. I don't know why people make this dumb mistake. You see, if we made a perfect computer simulation of digestion, nobody would think, 'Well, let's run out and buy a pizza and stuff it in the computer.' It's a model, it's a picture of digestion. It shows you the formal structure of how it works, it doesn't actually digest anything! That's what it is with the things that a computer does for anything. A computer model of what it's like to fall in love or read a novel or get drunk doesn't actually fall in love or read a novel or get drunk. It just does a picture or model of that." < | >
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A Conversation With John Searle
