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[–] dudinax@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Chinese room is not at all airtight. We don't know what it means to have emotions so we can't prove a Chinese room can't have emotions.

[–] PurpleClouds@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

This is not what the Chinese room is about.

[–] story@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Emotions? i was confident that the Wikipedia article alone would grant you understanding, and for that, I have replicated the very situation I wanted you to learn about. This situation is my fault.

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 days ago

We don't know what it means to have emotions

We don't? That's news to me. Sorry for your loss, or happy for you, or whatever