Media Tutorial Quiz 4.2

. According to the thesis known as strong Artificial Intelligence (or strong AI),

despite being artificial it is possible one day for machines to have genuine intelligence.

a suitably programmed computer can really understand.

there can one day be a computer program powerful enough to pass a Turing test for understanding Chinese.

All of the above

None of the above

. A computer program would be powerful enough to pass a Turing test for understanding Chinese if anyone having a conversation with the program failed to distinguish it from a real person who understood Chinese.

True

False

Neither true nor false

Both true and false

None of the above

. Which of the following is best seen as the conclusion (and not a premise) of Searle's "Chinese room" argument?

If strong AI is true, then anything that runs the Chinese-understanding program thereby understands Chinese.

Searle himself can run the Chinese-understanding program even though he does not understand Chinese.

Strong AI is false.

All of the above

None of the above

. The philosopher John Searle would agree that if computer program is powerful enough to pass a Turing test for understanding Chinese, then it thereby really does understand Chinese.

True

False

Neither true nor false

Both true and false

None of the above

. According to the "systems reply" to Searle's Chinese Room argument,

Searle does not understand Chinese.

Searle alone does not run the program, but the whole system of which Searle is a proper part does.

Searle alone does not understand Chinese, but the whole system of which Searle is a proper part does.

All of the above

None of the above

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