Some people (sorry I can't give you references off the top of my head) argue there's something special about the biological nervous system, so the material substrate is not irrelevant. (Sure you could reverse engineer the whole biological system, but that would probably take much longer).
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Have you heard of Searle's Chinese Room?
Some people (sorry I can't give you references off the top of my head) argue there's something special about the biological nervous system, so the material substrate is not irrelevant. (Sure you could reverse engineer the whole biological system, but that would probably take much longer).