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Why do i only see the stupid Mod comment and not the other four?

How will you even know when you've created artificial consciousness?

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Well, at a guess I'd say that we would use our own for an example. We can use machines to see where different neurons fire across a human brain, so we can quantify and measure thoughts in a way. This would give us a way to measure the electric currents and use an allegorical chart to measure it against a healthy human brain.

Not an AI expert, and I'm sure there are holes in the logic somewhere but these are my first thoughts on it.