 Without question, the most famous argument in the philosophy of AI is John Searle’s (1980) Chinese Room Argument (CRA), designed to overthrow “Strong” AI. We present a quick summary here and a “report from the trenches” as to how AI practitioners regard the argument. Readers wanting to further study CRA will find an excellent next step in the entry on  the Chinese Room Argument  and (Bishop &amp; Preston 2002). 