Very true, but expecting that an artificial neural net of sufficient complexity is going to be something the layperson can distinguish from actual consciousnesses, is also I think unrealistic. Since there is no objective test for consciousness, the line between you feeling convinced that you are talking to a separate consciousness, and you actually talking to a separate consciousness, may in fact be an entirely artificial distinction on some very fundamental levels.
Very true, but expecting that an artificial neural net of sufficient complexity is going to be something the layperson can distinguish from actual consciousnesses, is also I think unrealistic. Since there is no objective test for consciousness, the line between you feeling convinced that you are talking to a separate consciousness, and you actually talking to a separate consciousness, may in fact be an entirely artificial distinction on some very fundamental levels.