Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer

the-podcast guy recently linked this essay, its old, but i don't think its significantly wrong (despite gpt evangelists) also read weizenbaum, libs, for the other side of the coin

  • Tomorrow_Farewell [any, they/them]
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    1 month ago

    At the very least some people are trying to use the Chinese Room thought experiment as an argument against the brain-as-computer analogy/framework.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      1 month ago

      Is it fair to say we both think the chinese room is a poor thought experiment that doesn't actually do what it claims to do?

      • Tomorrow_Farewell [any, they/them]
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        1 month ago

        I suppose so. At least when it comes to the Chinese Room being used as an argument against brain-as-computer analogies/frameworks.