Could a Computer Ever Be Conscious?

Some experts answer, “Of course a computer can be conscious. The human brain, for instance, is a computer, and it has conscious experiences. So computer consciousness is not just possible, it is commonplace.” These experts differ, however, on why, exactly, the brain can be conscious.

Can a machine be conscious?

Abstract: A "machine" is any causal physical system, hence we are machines, hence machines can be conscious (feel).

Can a computer be conscious by Steven Pinker?

Never mind whether a computer can be conscious; our own consciousness, the most obvious thing there is, may be forever beyond our grasp. ~~~~~~~~ By Steven Pinker Steven Pinker is director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of The Language Instinct.