If you are a materialist, and a functionalist, you think that consciousness (whether something has subjective internal experience, i.e. we can consider “what it is like” to be that thing) is substrate independent and only requires the right type of information processing
Actually, you only need to be a functionlist. If you are a materialist, you think a material substrate is necessary.
Actually, you only need to be a functionlist. If you are a materialist, you think a material substrate is necessary.