This is not a decent response to a thoughtful comment - or more importantly, it's the kind of response people make when they have nothing constructive to add bu

This is not a decent response to a thoughtful comment - or more importantly, it's the kind of response people make when they have nothing constructive to add but can't bring themselves to be gracious. Reputable scientists – most notably Roger Penrose and his colleague Stuart Hammeroff [1] – dispute the notion that human-like consciousness can be developed in computers. People can and will continue to debate and research this, and in the meantime it's pointless for non-experts like me to spend any amount of time arguing about it. But it's valid for your parent commenter to point out that your position relies on assumptions rather than being proven fact. They were respectful enough to take time to explain their point of view in great depth. More of that and less of the rude responses is what we like on HN. [1] https://mindmatters.ai/2018/11/human-consciousness-may-not-be-computable/ https://mindmatters.ai/2018/11/human-consciousness-may-not-b...