Consciousness of Computers Is Matter of Degree

• One can be more or less conscious

• One can seem more conscious to some and less conscious to others

• One’s consciousness can develop as one matures

• Consciousness requires persuasion of other conscious beings that you are in their club

• • Maybe just an EEG signal for humans today
  • Required co-ethnicity of humans in the recent past
  • Turing Tests for non-flesh beings in near future