Artificial Intelligence & Personhood: Crash Course Philosophy #23

2016-08-08

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Today Hank explores artificial intelligence, including weak AI and strong AI, and the various ways that thinkers have tried to define strong AI including the Turing Test, and John Searle’s response to the Turing Test, the Chinese Room. Hank also tries to figure out one of the more personally daunting questions yet: is his brother John a robot?

Curious about AI? Check out this playlist from Crash Course Artificial Intelligence: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtO65LeD2p4_Sb5XQ51par_b

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