“Searle’s critique… (refers to the Chinese room argument) of those who see the mind as little more than a software program riding atop the brain’s biomechanical hardware. “No one would suppose that we could produce milk and sugar by running a computer simulation of the formal sequences in lactation and photosynthesis,” writes Searle, “but where the mind is concerned many people are willing to believe in such a miracle.”
-Arguing AI: The Battle for 21st Century Science
A very quotable idea that drives me nuts- I just don’t know enough about AI to say how true it is. Really well put though.
