I can’t comment on the comic because I can’t read it well on my phone. But I am of the view that consciousness can be achieved through silicon-process computati

I can’t comment on the comic because I can’t read it well on my phone. But I am of the view that consciousness can be achieved through silicon-process computation if there are emergent properties which can convert discrete feature processing into perceptual experience. Therefore, I don’t think AI can ever achieve consciousness in a disembodied form (brain in a vat hypothesis), as I don’t think that’s how higher-level consciousness works. Okay, I read the comic on my computer. If agents in the simulated universe possess higher-level consciousness, then they're no different from us. Maybe the timescale of their perceptual experience is different from ours. We need to be careful, though, about fooling ourselves into thinking there is a conscious being where there might just be a faithful imitation. How do you tell the difference? I think this is a useful concept, even though I think it has its flaws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie