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In a collection titled for “views into” this argument, the philosopher who originally devised it reiterates that it demonstrates how “syntax is not semantics.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this argument that prompted the “System Reply” and the “Many Mansions Reply.” This argument imagines its creator being given “a script,” “a story,” and “questions.”
ANSWER: Chinese room argument
[10e] The Chinese room argument was created by John Searle to refute the “strong” form of this technology. Ethicists and tech experts have called for encoding this technology with human values through “alignment.”
ANSWER: AI [or artificial intelligence]
[10h] In a parody of the argument, this thinker jokes that since cakes are crumbly, recipes are insufficient for making a cake. This thinker and Andy Clark imagine a man with Alzheimer’s using a notebook as part of his mind in The Extended Mind.
ANSWER: David Chalmers
<McGill A, Philosophy> | Packet L - Harvard A, McGill A, Arizona State A, Georgia Tech B, Toronto D, Georgia Tech D

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
CWRU APittsburgh010010E
CWRU BMichigan State010010E
Michigan AOhio State C1010020ME
Ohio State AMichigan B010010E
Ohio State BMichigan C1010020ME

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