The LessWrong counterargument doesn&#x27;t seem to be represented on that page. Broadly speaking, it asks the question, &quot;where did the giant lookup table come from?&quot;<p>The answer to that question is, of course, &quot;something conscious put it there&quot;, so the Chinese Room isn&#x27;t itself conscious but is something more akin to the diary of a conscious person.<p>For a proper explanation of the argument, including replies to some obvious counterarguments, see Book IV (&quot;Mere Reality&quot;) of _Rationality: from AI to Zombies_ [1], which may be downloaded free of charge. Specifically, Part R (&quot;Physicalism 201&quot;), in the neighbourhood of essay 224 (&quot;GAZP vs GLUT&quot;), although of course there is a reason that the book is presented with Book IV as the fourth book rather than the first, and Essay 224 as the 224th essay rather than the first.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;intelligence.org&#x2F;rationality-ai-zombies&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;intelligence.org&#x2F;rationality-ai-zombies&#x2F;</a>