“Chinese Room Thought Experiment” ITF Read & Watch: After Yang (2010 short story & 2022 film)

Filmmaker Kogonada adapts a heady sci-fi story written by
Alexander Weinstein into a thoughtful, melancholic piece about
the nature of existence, artificial intelligence, and the ethics
of personhood. In episode 241, Luke & James consider the
“Chinese Room thought experiment,” debate Asimov’s Three Laws of
Robotics, the power of immigrants being able to name themselves,
the opening credit dance, depression in a relative utopia, Colin
Farrell's lack of emotion, the difference between written and
video essays, and the value of historical preservation vs.
violating privacy.

They end by casting their votes on which was better: the short
story or the movie!

References


Reckoning 6 (contains Luke Elliott’s short story “What Good
is a Sad Backhoe”)

Unnamed by Monte Lin



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Intro/outro music: “No Winners” by Ross Bugden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qk-vZ1qicI



Luke Elliott


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James Bailey


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