As others have pointed out we do not even agree on what consciousness is. There are three competing camps:
Mechanists - if it can pass mechanical tests it is conscious
Dualist - you need more than just the brain, some second soul-like thing to be conscious
Pan psychist - everything is conscious
If you are in camp 1 the conversation about consciousness is getting more complicated as AI passes more tests. If you are in camp 2 AI can never be conscious. If you are in camp 3 AI and everything else is conscious including rocks and rivers and the stars in the sky.
As others have pointed out we do not even agree on what consciousness is. There are three competing camps:
If you are in camp 1 the conversation about consciousness is getting more complicated as AI passes more tests. If you are in camp 2 AI can never be conscious. If you are in camp 3 AI and everything else is conscious including rocks and rivers and the stars in the sky.