In principle that seems plausible. Assuming that there is nothing immaterial about consciousness in the brain (not unreasonable), one may conclude that we are

In principle that seems plausible. Assuming that there is nothing immaterial about consciousness in the brain (not unreasonable), one may conclude that we are biological information processing mechanism, which should then computable by computers. But that goes against any person's intuition of what it is to be inside of a brain, doesn't it? Beyond the philosophical problem, there's quite a bit of science fiction that has already thought about some scenarios once we become able to create digital humans. If you've got just a few minutes read Lena [1], it's a fun uncanny read. [1] https://qntm.org/mmacevedo https://qntm.org/mmacevedo