A conscious robot is in principle possible
The supervenience thesis suggests that if a robot's built with a brain physically identical to a human's brain, and we know the human is conscious, then the robot will be conscious too.
The means by which both came into existence is irrelevant.



Colin McGinn (1991).
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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 »Consciousness is physical
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A conscious robot is in principle possible
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Artificial consciousness must be nonorganic »Artificial consciousness must be nonorganic
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