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  • But it’s inherently impossible to “show” anything except inputs&outputs (including for a biological system).

    What are you using the word “real” to mean, and is it aloof from the measurable behaviour of the system?

    You seem to be using a mental model that there’s

    • A: the measurable inputs & outputs of the system

    • B: the “real understanding”, which is separate

    How can you prove B exists if it’s not measurable? You say there is an “onus” to do so. I don’t agree that such an onus exists.

    This is exactly the Chinese Room paper. ‘Understand’ is usually understood in a functionalist way.