The assumption is that since there is already a neural network that “got there” (our brains), we should be able to achieve the same thing synthetically.
We just need to figure out how to train that network.
We just need to figure out how to train that network.
Personally, my money is on quantum coherence within microtubules being the mechanism of conscious experience, with the brain essentially being a quantum/classical hybrid computer.
My take it is just unaware intelligence like in Peter Watts’ book Blindsight. A terrific read and a quite scary prospect.