For the 1968 film, see The Chinese Room (film). For the artificial intelligence thought experiment, see Chinese room.
The Chinese Room
Formerly
Thechineseroom (2007–2013)
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Video games
Founded
2007; 17 years ago (2007) in Portsmouth, England
Founder
Dan Pinchbeck
Headquarters
Brighton
,
England
Key people
Dan Pinchbeck (creative director)
Ed Daly (studio director))
Products
Dear Esther
Korsakovia
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Little Orpheus
Number of employees
100+ (2023)[1]
Parent
Sumo Digital (2018–present)
Website
thechineseroom.co.uk
The Chinese Room (formerly Thechineseroom) is a British video game developer based in Brighton that is best known for exploration games.[2] The company originated as a mod team for Half-Life 2, based at the University of Portsmouth in 2007, and is named after John Searle's Chinese room thought experiment. In August 2018, it became a subsidiary of Sumo Digital.
^Phillips, Tom (16 November 2023). "Under the surface of Still Wakes The Deep". Eurogamer. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
^Makedonski, Brett (25 September 2017). "The Chinese Room is taking a break, partially because it's bored with walking sims". Destructoid.
TheChineseRoom (formerly Thechineseroom) is a British video game developer based in Brighton that is best known for exploration games. The company originated...
TheChineseroom argument holds that a digital computer executing a program cannot have a "mind", "understanding", or "consciousness", regardless of how...
TheChinaRoom is one of the rooms on the Ground Floor of the White House, the home of the president of the United States. The White House's collection...
important concept in the philosophy of artificial intelligence. Philosopher John Searle would comment on the Turing test in his Chineseroom argument, a thought...
called "theChinese Nation" or "theChinese Gym". Ned Block also proposed his Blockhead argument, which is a version of theChineseroom in which the program...
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In the philosophy of mind, theChina brain thought experiment (also known as theChinese Nation or Chinese Gym) considers what would happen if each member...
this room into theChinaRoom in 1917 to display the Executive Residence's growing collection of White House china. Just east of theChinaRoom, the 1902...
rooms such as theChineseRoom, decorated with Charles Cameron designs, and a new staircase built in the center where theChineseRoom had stood. Cameron's...
reverse-engineered it using what's called a 'clean room,' or 'Chinese wall,' approach. First, a team of engineers studied the IBM BIOS—about 8KB of code—and described...
Dear Esther is a 2012 adventure game developed and published by TheChineseRoom. It was released for Microsoft Windows in February 2012 and OS X in May...
Room and the State Room, and the Grand Ballroom and theChineseRoom were renovated. The restoration of the lobby and upgrading of the hotel's restaurants...
appears that theroom speaks Chinese – they have slid Chinese statements into one slit and got valid responses in English – yet the 'room' does not understand...
or ship, a room is any enclosed space within a number of walls to which entry is possible only via a door or other dividing structure. The entrance connects...
to draft TheChineseRoom as a third-party developer to develop a second game, giving them advice on the horror aspects, while TheChineseRoom was responsible...
ISBN 9780330545778. —— (2016). The Year of the Runaways. ISBN 9781101946114. —— (2021). ChinaRoom. ISBN 9780593298213. —— (2024). The Spoiled Heart. ISBN 9780593655993...
Daniel Dennett. In Consciousness Explained, he uses the term to describe John Searle's Chineseroom thought experiment, characterizing it as designed to...
Chinese art Chinese art is visual art that originated in or is practiced in China, Greater China or by Chinese artists. Art created by Chinese residing...
drink was built on the observatory floor, in the same space as theChineseRoom, which was permanently closed. Parts of theChineseRoom decor and furniture...
The Situation Room is an intelligence management center on the ground floor of the West Wing of the White House. It can be reached by dialling the telephone...
of the British video game development studio TheChineseRoom. She won a BAFTA award in 2016 for her score for the video game Everybody's Gone to the Rapture...
The "Nth Room" case (Korean: n번방 사건; Hanja: n番房 事件) is a criminal case involving blackmail, cybersex trafficking, and the spread of sexually exploitative...
is thought to be the world's first equatorially-mounted telescope. TheChineseRoom was inspired by visits to Brighton Pavilion in the 1830s by Marianne...
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