Well, I'm not just going to come out and tell you how to build a conscious entity. Next thing you know, people would be making conscious Java applets. That's

Well, I'm not just going to come out and tell you how to build a conscious entity. Next thing you know, people would be making conscious Java applets. That's the real reason "no one can explain the hard problem of subjective experience". It's actually pretty simple, but as soon as someone figures it out, they realize how easy it would be to create billions of small computer programs experiencing intense suffering; so they keep it a secret.