<human>:  Who was the Chinese Room in the thought experiment by John Searle?
<bot>: The Chinese Room was a computer that was programmed to recognize Chinese characters. The Chinese Room thought experiment is a thought experiment about whether a computer could think. The thought experiment states that if a person were to be placed inside of the room and be told to interact with the room as if it were a person, then the person inside the room would not be able to determine that they were interacting with a computer.