John Searle I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car and the adding machine understand, namely, exactly nothing. Car ⧉ ↗ ♡
John Searle My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in that line of business. Car ⧉ ↗ ♡
John Searle We often attribute 'understanding' and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars, adding machines, and other artifacts, but nothing is proved by such attributions. Car ⧉ ↗ ♡