PHIL 447 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2026
Searles Arguement - CORRECT ANSWER -digital compu machines running shanks program donot
under stand chinese
shanks program does not explain how to understand stories
1/2 are correct then both SAI theses are false
4 So SAI is false
Rational searles arguement - CORRECT ANSWER -R1 man in the room runs the program but he
doesnt under stand chinese so because the program is running doenst make the computer
under stand chinese
R(2) since people can understand chinese stories and the chinese room test shows that running
shanks program isnt enough to understand chinese stories it at best takes something more and
at worst something altogether different
Since these 2 only assert limitations regauridng shanks ai program at this stage thought is that
perhaps points are made just for shanks program this rational is intended to rule that out.
R(3) all programs are by nature symbol manipulationg routines that can be executed with out
knowledge of what the symbols mean
conclusion of shanks program - CORRECT ANSWER -gernalizes to all ai programs hense all
versions of ai are refuted and this is the achilles heel of SAI
System reply - CORRECT ANSWER -so the guy doesnt know that doesn't mean that the room
doesnt understand the chinese stories
system reply response - CORRECT ANSWER -immagine the room occupant memorizes the
scripts and program now he is the system
(machine functionalism)
ANSWERS 2026
Searles Arguement - CORRECT ANSWER -digital compu machines running shanks program donot
under stand chinese
shanks program does not explain how to understand stories
1/2 are correct then both SAI theses are false
4 So SAI is false
Rational searles arguement - CORRECT ANSWER -R1 man in the room runs the program but he
doesnt under stand chinese so because the program is running doenst make the computer
under stand chinese
R(2) since people can understand chinese stories and the chinese room test shows that running
shanks program isnt enough to understand chinese stories it at best takes something more and
at worst something altogether different
Since these 2 only assert limitations regauridng shanks ai program at this stage thought is that
perhaps points are made just for shanks program this rational is intended to rule that out.
R(3) all programs are by nature symbol manipulationg routines that can be executed with out
knowledge of what the symbols mean
conclusion of shanks program - CORRECT ANSWER -gernalizes to all ai programs hense all
versions of ai are refuted and this is the achilles heel of SAI
System reply - CORRECT ANSWER -so the guy doesnt know that doesn't mean that the room
doesnt understand the chinese stories
system reply response - CORRECT ANSWER -immagine the room occupant memorizes the
scripts and program now he is the system
(machine functionalism)
