Comment Re:Pointless... (Score 1) 630
Can't you say the same thing about humans though? What is inherently unique about a human that we can be self aware, and yet a "machine" cannot be?
I would argue that we are, in fact, machines ourselves. If one assumes that there is no such thing as a separate (intangible?) "soul" that makes us self aware, then the natural conclusion would be that there exist billions of self aware "machines."
You appear to be arguing more that we will never duplicate a human mind with AI. I fail to see how that prevents us from every creating a sufficiently advanced "machine" that would be self aware. It just may not be the same way that humans are.