Question
In a lengthy article on “Alchemy” and this concept, Hubert Dreyfus challenged assumptions by researchers of this concept that brains are like digital computers. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this concept whose presence in computers is assessed by the Turing test.
ANSWER: artificial intelligence [or AI; accept thinking; accept thought, or having a mind]
[10m] John Searle expanded on Dreyfus’s work in this thought experiment, where Searle claims that manipulating symbols to accomplish tasks is not equivalent to gaining intelligence.
ANSWER: Chinese room argument
[10h] This thinker built on Searle’s thought experiment with the Chinese Nation thought experiment, by which the entire nation of China simulates intelligence, in his paper “Trouble with Functionalism.”
ANSWER: Ned Block
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Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 71% | 71% | 14% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 50% | 100% | 50% |
| 2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 5 | 24.00 | 80% | 100% | 60% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 50% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 83% | 83% | 33% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 8.00 | 60% | 20% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 50% | 75% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 40% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Missouri | Truman | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Squidward Community College | WashU | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |