Consider asking a less trivial question, like “Can a machine be conscious?”
And consider reading http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1951 and http://edge.org/responses/what-do-you-think-about-machines-that-think
As for a better attempt to dissolve a related question, see http://lesswrong.com/lw/5n9/seeing_red_dissolving_marys_room_and_qualia/
Consider asking a less trivial question, like “Can a machine be conscious?”
And consider reading http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1951 and http://edge.org/responses/what-do-you-think-about-machines-that-think
As for a better attempt to dissolve a related question, see http://lesswrong.com/lw/5n9/seeing_red_dissolving_marys_room_and_qualia/