The argument seems to be that
beyond a certain level of complexity you'll somehow automatically get consciousness.
Clearly it's unlikely this is a hard cut off. Adding one more byte of RAM, expanding the CPU from 64 to 128-bit words, or adding another dimension to a neural network isn't going to do it.
But if consciousness emergent, how do you measure the amount of consciousness?
Because the experience is subjective, you can't just assume that behaviours that appear conscious are proof that consciousness exists.
You could - presumably - build a Turing bot, but it would still be an automaton.
So you're left with people making very definitive statements about something which everyone experiences, but no one can measure or even define.
Clearly it's unlikely this is a hard cut off. Adding one more byte of RAM, expanding the CPU from 64 to 128-bit words, or adding another dimension to a neural network isn't going to do it.
But if consciousness emergent, how do you measure the amount of consciousness?
Because the experience is subjective, you can't just assume that behaviours that appear conscious are proof that consciousness exists.
You could - presumably - build a Turing bot, but it would still be an automaton.
So you're left with people making very definitive statements about something which everyone experiences, but no one can measure or even define.