[tarpit]

A computer cannot make a conscious decision the way a human brain can. It just can't happen.

At the “Could Machines Be Conscious?” meeting sponsored by the Swartz Foundation in 2001, the team concluded: “There is no known law of nature that forbids the existence of subjective feelings in artefacts designed or evolved by humans.

[usconservative]

At the “Could Machines Be Conscious?” meeting sponsored by the Swartz Foundation in 2001, the team concluded: “There is no known law of nature that forbids the existence of subjective feelings in artefacts designed or evolved by humans.

That entire statement by the Swartz Foundation is irrelevant and ignores the basic theories of the law of nature. In Necessitarian Theory, Laws of Nature are the "principles" which govern the natural phenomena of the world.

By its definition, Artificial Intelligence is not a natural phenomena. It's man made, not a natural occurrence.