> Functionalist Reply: “…but we don’t need exhaustive modeling or functional duplication.” > Yes, we do, because there isn’t any assurance that consciousness i

> Functionalist Reply: “…but we don’t need exhaustive modeling or functional duplication.” > Yes, we do, because there isn’t any assurance that consciousness is produced otherwise. So the logic of the article is that from not having any assurance that consciousness is produced means that artificial consciousness is impossible? It would have been more appropriate if the article were to argue for the impossibility that consciousness can be measured.