If &#x27;swimming&#x27; is simply defined as &#x27;having the ability to move through water&#x27;, then a submarine that can not &#x27;swim&#x27; is useless.<p>Similarly, whether a machine can conceivably &#x27;think&#x27; is very relevant. We are asking whether a machine can do certain specific things a human can do and are hard to envision a machine doing.<p>Whatever your response to the Chinese room argument (and more sophisticated variations), it will be a part of your theory of mind that is not obviously correct and will not be accepted by all others without further support.