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Newsletter Nr. 1.428
Amsterdam, Oktober 13, 2025


The Chinese Room Revisited: When Syntax Approximates Semantics - Frank Visser / ChatGPT

In 1980, philosopher John Searle presented one of the most famous thought experiments in the philosophy of mind: the Chinese Room. His argument aimed to debunk what he called strong AI—the claim that a computer program could truly understand language or possess a mind in any meaningful sense. According to Searle, computers merely manipulate formal symbols (syntax) according to rules, without any grasp of their meaning (semantics).

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AI and the Future of Human Consciousness, A Light-hearted Depiction of Mergence of Humanity and AI - Joseph Dillard / ChatGPT

It is conceivable that the mastery of “syntax” will get so good that the majority of people will be content with facsimiles of reality most of the time for most needs and interests. The real question becomes, “If that indeed becomes the case, so what?” It is quite conceivable that functional semantics will become so good that it will satisfy the vast majority of human interests and needs. 

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