Comment by trod1234

The thoughts on this really don't matter, its wasted effort.

There is one Organic molecular machines with consciousness that we can already build and they are called babies.

There is a simple way for most of us to do that, and anything else is just a perversion, whether the people seeking this know it or not (being blind in hubris).

There is no point in creating another thinking creature that doesn't benefit yourself, except as a replacement for children.

The only benefit of creating an automata different from children is if you wanted a slave, or to discriminate. There's really no other benefit, and it uses resources that children would normally use, the opportunity cost being children; leading to extinction.

Its important to put resources into making the world a better place, not produce more paths to destroy it.