None of you have even mentioned God. You are all sinners!

Consciousness is one of the major areas that science has not come even close to explaining. We know its extreme correlation with the brain's activity and specific areas of the brain, but we are clueless on what the connection is. Until we know in great detail what that connection is, we will not be able to create artificial consciousness.

On the other hand, if consciousness is tied into the most basic fabric of reality itself (as Eastern philosophers and mystics believe), then calculators and microwave ovens are already conscious, as are rocks and atoms.