>It's an illusion and I think it's just hubris that some people in this field think "consciousness" is something that can be electronically replicated or identi

>It's an illusion and I think it's just hubris that some people in this field think "consciousness" is something that can be electronically replicated or identified. Well we don't know what consciousness is. Our best guess is that consciousness is a stimulation of particles or chemicals in a certain way, under certain circumstances, that manifests itself in a certain way. To that end, it seems entirely reasonable that we could replicate the process, and it seems even more reasonable that we might accidentally stumble into such a scenario.