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John Searle, Philosopher Who Wrestled With A.I., Dies at 93

His blunt debating and imaginative theorizing about artificial intelligence and the human mind made him a leading scholar. But sexual-harassment allegations ended his career.

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The philosopher John R. Searle in 1992. He was best known for formulating a thought experiment to disprove that a computer program could achieve consciousness.
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