This is a good place as any to ask this. Do hackernews readers think that computers will eventually have a &quot;mind&quot; and &quot;consciousness&quot; ? Or will it just be simulated?<p>As described in the chinese room thought experiment: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Chinese_room" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Chinese_room</a>