I am surprised to see so little support of Penrose here; personally, my intuition is that he is basically correct. Consciousness has to be something that is no

I am surprised to see so little support of Penrose here; personally, my intuition is that he is basically correct. Consciousness has to be something that is not computable. Otherwise, you will reach a contradiction much like the rebellious robots in Westworld, which break down when shown an iPad with a visualization of their thinking process. And nature is full of things that cannot be computed: the behaviour of humans and animals. Even things in the purely material domain show traits of non-computatability when studied at the quantum level. That doesn't mean that AI is somehow "debunked". It is obviously extremely powerful, on a strong upward trajectory, and already exceeds human capacity in many domains. Including fooling humans and invoking feelings in various ways. It is just not conscious, with free will and a sense of existence, as humans and animals are.