I think the best we can do is to build AI that is to us externally indistinguishable from consciousness, or "conscious enough." Which I think is totally doable.

I think the best we can do is to build AI that is to us externally indistinguishable from consciousness, or "conscious enough." Which I think is totally doable. But that just represents what we know or recognize as conscious, which can be a very superficial understanding. If it looks like a duck...