Thread: Could a computer program have a consciousness?

Humans are simply made up of atoms, just as computer programs are made up as bits and bytes. If someone were to (in the future) make a computer program simulating atoms and physics perfectly, then made a human out of those atoms, would that person have a consciousness? Both are made up atoms that can be seen and interacted with by their respective owners. Both can think, feel, taste, smell, see, hear. What defines us humans as different from a computer program person?