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Does Searle’s Chinese Room show that AI is not intelligent or creative? Does AI learn the way humans do? And could AI ever be capable of truly creative thought?

[00:00] Introduction to the Chinese Room Argument

[03:55] The Evolution of Human Language

[05:58] ChatGPT's Capabilities and Limitations

[12:09] Human Understanding vs. AI Responses

[15:33] The Complexity of Human Desires

[20:24] The Nature of Human and Machine Intelligence

[30:58] AI and Creativity: A Writer's Perspective

[33:08] The Limits of AI Creativity

[35:01] The Future of AI and AGI

[36:05] Thermodynamics and Human Creativity

[39:13] Live Experiment: AI Poetry

[42:40] AI's Impressive Achievements

[49:42] The Debate on AGI

[59:53] Final Thoughts

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