Some experts answer, “Of course a computer can be conscious. The human brain, for instance, is a computer, and it has conscious experiences. So computer consciousness is not just possible, it is commonplace.” These experts differ, however, on why, exactly, the brain can be conscious.

Can a computer be conscious Steven Pinker?

Never mind whether a computer can be conscious; our own consciousness, the most obvious thing there is, may be forever beyond our grasp. ~~~~~~~~ By Steven Pinker Steven Pinker is director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of The Language Instinct.

Can a computer think yes or no?

The computers we have built are now capable of thinking for themselves, and doing complex jobs without our supervision. ... In the decades since the Turing test was proposed, computers have become so intelligent that we often don't realise when we're talking to them.