Working paper2025–2026Archive record
The Chinese Room Revisited: LLMs and Understanding
Abstract
Revisits the distinction between rule-governed symbol manipulation and understanding in the context of contemporary language models.
understandingChinese roomLLM
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Citation
Ziganshin, A. (2025–2026). The Chinese Room Revisited: LLMs and Understanding. Traceremove Research. https://traceremove.dev/publications/chinese-room-llm-understanding