The Conscious-Mill thought experiment
If we were to walk into a large machine or mill that could "think, feel and have perception", nothing witnessed could explain its conscious qualities, because such qualities would not be found among the parts of the mill.
Gottfried Leibniz (1714).

Note: Also see "A conscious machine could not be explained by its physical workings" Map 6, Box 55.
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The Conscious-Mill thought experiment
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