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University of California, Berkeley

Public university in California where philosopher John Searle developed the Chinese Room argument against strong AI.

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John Searle Publishes the Chinese Room Argument

In 1980, John Searle at the University of California, Berkeley published 'Minds, Brains, and Programs' in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, presenting the Chinese Room thought experiment to argue that executing a computer program is insufficient to produce understanding or intentionality, directly challenging claims of strong artificial intelligence.