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…(c) Philosophy WIRES - Commenting world news from philosophy's perspective...
