> There is no evidence for this.
It's a little unreasonable to expect a speculative statement about what might happen in the future to have evidence at the present time.
> We will never 'build' consciousness. It is not possible. Consciousness comes from a source outside of our realm of experience as a gift. It does not come from the micro or small things (though it is entwined with them and everything), but from the macro, that which is above all.
And yet there is even less evidence of any of this.