[lifthrasiir]

And so do tons of counterarguments against the Chinese Room argument.

Practically speaking, the inherentness of intelligence doesn't really matter because both intelligent-looking entity and provably intelligent entity are capable for societal disruptions anyway. I partly dislike the Chinese Room argument for this reason; it facilitates useless discussions in most cases.

[taurath]

If societal disruption is the key, then I can name quite a few inanimate objects that match the criteria for intelligence