According to Markram, consciousness is the natural result of the way the human brain is constructed. It will emerge from simulations once those simulations approach reality.
There is nothing inherently mysterious about the mind or anything it makes," Markram says. "Consciousness is just a massive amount of information being exchanged by trillions of brain cells. If you can precisely model that information, then I don't know why you wouldn't be able to generate a conscious mind." At moments like this, Markram takes on the deflating air of a magician exposing his own magic tricks. He seems to relish the idea of "debunking consciousness," showing that it's no more metaphysical than any other property of the mind. Consciousness is a binary code; the self is a loop of electricity. A ghost will emerge from the machine once the machine is built right.
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Understanding a problem begins by defining the problem itself. Had Markram said that he believed that digital processors could contain a set of events laid out in space and time that are present simultaneously yet apparently separate from some viewing point then, sure, they could be like you and me. http://ofaman.blogspot.com/2007/02/ghost-in-your-machine.html
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