John Searle, Minds, Brains, & Programs | Clarifications About Understanding | Core Concepts

Read my work on Substack - https://gregorybsadler.substack.com/ Support my work here -   / sadler   or https://www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM Request personal videos on Cameo - https://www.cameo.com/gregorybsadler Philosophy tutorials - https://reasonio.wordpress.com/tutori... Take classes with me - https://reasonio.teachable.com/ This is a video in my new Core Concepts series -- designed to provide students and lifelong learners a brief discussion focused on one main concept from a classic philosophical text and thinker. This Core Concept video focuses on John Searle's article "Minds, Brains, & Programs", first published in The Behavioral And Brain Sciences In 1980, considered to be an important contribution to theorizing about the possibility and nature of artificial intelligence, not least by introducing his famous "Chinese Room" thought experiment. This video focuses on the clarifications about the notion of "understanding" Searle thinks are needed to make at that point in the article, given that strong AI claims are made about a computer being able to "understand" stories. If you'd like to support my work producing videos like this, become a Patreon supporter! Here's the link to find out more - including the rewards I offer backers:   / sadler   You can also make a direct contribution to help fund my ongoing educational projects, by clicking here: https://www.paypal.me/ReasonIO If you're interested in philosophy tutorial sessions with me - especially on Searle's thought and works - click here: https://reasonio.wordpress.com/tutori... You can find the copy of the text I am using for this sequence on John Searle, Minds, Brains, & Programs here - https://home.csulb.edu/~cwallis/382/r... #searle #philosophy #thoughtexperiment #artificialintelligence #ai #chineseroom #computers #language #understanding #intentionality