"If a program behaves as if it were multiplying, most of us would say that it is, in fact, multiplying. For all I know, Searle may only be behaving as if he were thinking deeply about these matters. But, even though I disagree with him, his simulation is pretty good, so I’m willing to credit him with real thought."[1]
"If a program behaves as if it were multiplying, most of us would say that it is, in fact, multiplying. For all I know, Searle may only be behaving as if he were thinking deeply about these matters. But, even though I disagree with him, his simulation is pretty good, so I’m willing to credit him with real thought."[1]
[1] A Short Rebuttal to Searle, https://ai.stanford.edu/%7Enilsson/OnlinePubs-Nils/General%2...
I like this quite a bit, and I also wish that Prof. Nilsson were still with us to comment on current LLMs and other systems.