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    Challenges→It is easier to establish that a machine exhibits understanding than to establish that a human exhibits understanding.

    Verifying that a machine uses 'appropriate intensions' requires an independent standard of intentionality that cannot itself be derived from inspecting the machine's physical states.

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    Independent standard(as used in epistemology (the study of knowledge))
    A way of checking if something is true that doesn't depend on the very thing you're trying to prove—like using a different ruler to verify that your first ruler actually measures correctly.
    Physical states(as used in philosophy of mind)
    The actual conditions or configurations of matter and the brain, as opposed to mental experiences or thoughts.
    derived from(describing where ideas come from)
    Comes originally from or originates in; traces back to as its source.
    intensions(Philosophy of language, two-dimensional semantics)
    Functions or rules (following Carnap 1947) that serve as the contents in possible worlds semantics — specifically, functions from circumstances of evaluation to a reference
    intentionality

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    The property of being object-directed; the quality of mental states whereby they are directed at or about something

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