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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-11-09]: Microsoft demonstrated a software that can translate spoken English into spoken Chinese almost instantly. The software preserves intonation and cadence so the translated speech still sounds like the original speaker. [source:
BBC News] What are you actually doing when you speak through a machine in a language you do not know? I do not know Chinese and yet I can speak Chinese. Does that make any sense? The question of the Chinese Room could be really upon us sooner than we might think… Literally…
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