In $1980,$ the philosopher John Searle created an analogy called the "Chinese room argument." He explained how one could stand inside a room, armed with a Chinese phrase book, and simulate a conversation with someone communicating via a slot on the door. What was the point of this analogy?

Sometimes systems can seem intelligent, but they're just mindlessly matching patterns.

The Chinese language is very similar to computer programming, with set symbols and definitions.

It's very easy for systems to become intelligent through language.

It's very easy for these computer systems to learn new languages if they have access to the data.