John Searle is philosopher of language including the concept of speech acts. Within AI, he is most well known for his Chiinese Room Argument against the possibility of true machine intelligence, effectively refuting the physical symbol system hypothesis of strong AI.
Used in Chap. 23: pages 357, 358, 361, 371
Also known as: John Searle, searle, searle, j
Used in glossary entries: physical symbol system hypothesis, speech acts, strong AI