[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Originally Posted by Ian

We know why the android behaves as it does. We can take it to bits to see how it works. We note that it doesn't say the things it does because of consciousness, but rather because of the execution of algorithms. So we can't infer it is conscious.

Then neither can you infer that a human is conscious, because you don't know why it says the things it does.

~~ Paul