Can a machine become conscious?

yep, the instruction to the man in the room is pretty much "learn chinese".

A recursive factorial function I wrote in Python does not have consciousness.

Meant for

... Or does it?

I guess can stop trying to make a conscious AI now. A bunch of college students did it in com sci I.

Now , all we need to do to reach the singularity is chain some recursive factorial functions together

>trying to make a conscious AI
That's not a very good goal to begin with since "conscious" is a vague buzzword.

>thinks qualia are non-existent

I think we all know who's the biggest cuck here

>If I call him a cuck it'll justify my unjustifiable position
So do these non-physical "qualia" just coincidentally sync up with physical brains despite not having any sort of interaction with them, or do they have some magical form of interaction that conveniently leaves behind zero measurable impact on the brain?
Hmm... almost seems like "they" don't map to an actual part of reality.

Yes all living things are really chemical machines.