Humans, unable to pinpoint where their own consciousness stems from, debating whether AI could have consciousness is funny.

A fun trip down whether AI could be conscious is this discussion between Duncan Trussel and Blake Lemoine (the Google engineer that stated LAMDA was conscious). Duncan is mostly a Buddhist with lots of eastern religious tendencies and has consumed a catalog of psychadelics to shape his spiritual world view and I can't remember what Blake describes himself as, but neither are from a strict dogmatic Christian/human centric view of the universe and their conversation is colored that way. This might turn off people of certain mindsets but for the Alan watts and Terrance McKenna fans out there, it'll be right up your alley. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0NXNvJtRQSuWl4HM1MvhD0