We are actually in more agreement then you realize. But I think you misunderstand the Chinese room argument. It does not say anything about if computers are or

We are actually in more agreement then you realize. But I think you misunderstand the Chinese room argument. It does not say anything about if computers are or could be conscious. All it says is that you cannot determine that from a “black box” view. We can’t determine if the computer is really conscious, or just really good at mimicking the consciousness of someone else (ie the people providing the training data). Just like you can’t determine if the man in the room really knows Chinese or if he is just good at mimicking a machine that does. The man really could know Chinese, and a computer really could be conscious, but you can’t determine this as an outside observer.