I think he’s actually quite confused here—I imagine saying
Hang on—you say that (a) we can think, and (b) we are the instantiations of any number of computer programs. Wouldn’t instantiating one of those programs be a sufficient condition of understanding? Surely if two things are isomorphic even in their implementation, either both can think, or neither.
(the Turing test suggests ‘indistinguishable in input/output behaviour’, which I think is much too weak)
I think he’s actually quite confused here—I imagine saying
(the Turing test suggests ‘indistinguishable in input/output behaviour’, which I think is much too weak)