> Well it's not totally made up. There is definitely something there "Consciousness" can be a (fairly vague) term encompassing concretely realizable things lik

> Well it's not totally made up. There is definitely something there "Consciousness" can be a (fairly vague) term encompassing concretely realizable things like train of thought, the ability to introspect those thoughts, an internal model of self, etc. Humans have these whereas a rock does not, and there's nothing in particular preventing AI from eventually having these. "Consciousness" as something incorporeal that a physically identical being could lack is nonsense territory IMO (but already heavily debated by people far smarter than me). I don't see how whatever we mean by consciousness can make no physical difference when we're directly aware of it and talking about it in the physical world.