A popular science youtuber claimed that robots already possess some consciousness. How long before claims are made that robots must have the same rights as humans? But many doubt that consciousness can emerge on digital computers at all. Already Searle got it: a digital simulation of rain is not wet. Indeed, given a computer program, I can perform the calculations with pen and paper too. No consciousness will arise, so it's likely a physical process that can only exist in some brain-like systems