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>forget cells or atoms, none of your neurons or synapses understand chinese. And yet some people seem to understand Chinese just fine. How can you explain that
by nanny 3y ago
>forget cells or atoms, none of your neurons or synapses understand chinese.
And yet some people seem to understand Chinese just fine. How can you explain that gap? It's only a stupid argument if you first assume that functionalism is true.
- famouswaffles 3y agoHow do i explain the gap ? Obviously emergence. It's everywhere in nature. a single ant does not display the complexity/intelligence of its colony. The argument is supposed/or often used to disqualify machines from consciousness but it's stupid because biological neurons don't understand the bigger picture anymore than an artificial neuron sampled from a model.