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Chinese Room LLM // 257 (preview)

Podcast: PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy
Published: Jul 2, 2026
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This week we evaluate a paper written by a Google DeepMind engineer which, in effect updates the Chinese Room Thought Experiment (Searle, 1980) to modern LLMs. Get this episode and hundreds more https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills