All thinking is computation; in particular, feelings of conscious awareness are evoked merely by the carrying out of appropriate computations.

Alles denken ist Berechnung; insbesondere wird auch das Gefühl eines Bewusstseins nur hervorgerufen durch die Ausführung entsprechender Berechnungen.

While I do not myself believe that A is correct, I do regard it as a serious possibility that is worthy of considerable attention.

According to [Viewpoint] A, any computer-controlled robot which, after sustained questioning, convincingly behaves as _though_ it possesses consciousness, must be considered _actually_ to be conscious.