Consciousness is physical
Physicalism is the doctrine that everything is physical. If everything is physical then consciousness is physical as well. So a conscious computer or robot could be built out of physical parts.
Physicalism

Jaegwon Kim (1996) takes three principles is defining minimal physicalism:

1) Mind body supervenience: physical indiscernability entails psychological indiscernability. 

2) Anti-Cartesian principle: There are no purely mental things.

3) Mind-body dependence: What mental properties a thing has depends on its physical properties.

Note: Other philosophers would describe physicalism differently.
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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
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Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
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No: computers can't be conscious [6] »No: computers can't be conscious [6]
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Consciousness is physical
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A conscious robot is in principle possible »A conscious robot is in principle possible
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Building a conscious machine »Building a conscious machine
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Conscious robot would solve mind-body problem »Conscious robot would solve mind-body problem
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Can't reduce consciousness to physical processes »Can't reduce consciousness to physical processes
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Issue can't be settled a priori »Issue can't be settled a priori
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Physical workings don't explain conscious machine »Physical workings don't explain conscious machine
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What about God? »What about God?
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What the scientist Mary doesn't know  »What the scientist Mary doesn't know
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