Full Idea
The question for a computational-representation theory about the Chinese Room is: is what is happening inside the room functionally equivalent to what is happening inside a normal Chinese speaker?
Gist of Idea
Is the room functionally the same as a Chinese speaker?
Source
Georges Rey (Contemporary Philosophy of Mind [1997], 10.2.1)
Book Reference
Rey,Georges: 'Contemporary Philosophy of Mind' [Blackwell 1997], p.271
A Reaction
Certainly the Room lacks morality ('how can I torture my sister?'). It won't spot connections between recent questions. It won't ask itself questions. It will take years to spot absurd questions.