> Being able to mimic a human's behavior is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for having subjective experience. I think that's not the point he tr

> Being able to mimic a human's behavior is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for having subjective experience. I think that's not the point he tried to make. It's just that it happens that we're human and thus it's easier for us to relate to human-like experiences/feelings. An algorithm is not limited to that. If we accept that our "feeling like something" is just an emergent phenomenon of our complex model of reality I see no logical reason why we shouldn't ascribe any sufficiently complex model of reality an inherent feeling. Due to our limited physical configuration we will never have access to all kinds of feelings. Much like we will never know how it feels like to be a bat.