The truth is that any internal state of finite complexity can be emulated by an equally complex or more complex system. Worse, the state we wish to evaluate "c

The truth is that any internal state of finite complexity can be emulated by an equally complex or more complex system. Worse, the state we wish to evaluate "consciousness" is different than the probably lower complexity state of the system that we ARE testing for, which is the ability to converse. It isn't even about consciousness really, that's just a poorly defined state we can't observe directly and wish we could. I recommend asking "what CAN'T consciousness do" and be filtering for that instead. That way maybe we can show some things aren't conscious, which is the first hurdle we haven't jumped.