John Searle, known for "the Chinese Room" thought experiment on AI consciousness, died on Sept. 16 at 93; his UCB tenure ended over alleged sexual harassment (Alex Traub/New York Times)

Alex Traub / New York Times:
John Searle, known for “the Chinese Room” thought experiment on AI consciousness, died on Sept. 16 at 93; his UCB tenure ended over alleged sexual harassment  —  His blunt debating and imaginative theorizing about artificial intelligence and the human mind made him a leading scholar.

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