I didn't say anything about consciousness but you're free to draw your own conclusions. Since you asked a random stranger on HN their thoughts: I personally thi

I didn't say anything about consciousness but you're free to draw your own conclusions. Since you asked a random stranger on HN their thoughts: I personally think that consciousness is an epiphenomenon, a result of a bunch of smaller (but complex) processes in the brain working together. I see no reason why an AI can't produce the same results.