Ok, first of all. I program in C++ and VB and I know alot about how computers work and I am telling you that AI cannot produce consciousness , period. K? Good.
It's not that simple. The
weak AI hypothesis asserts that machines can possibly act
is if they were intelligent; the
strong AI hypothesis asserts that machines that act intelligently are
actually thinking in a conscious manner (as opposed to simulating thinking).
You are making the grand claim that the strong AI hypothesis is unfounded, but you do not provide any particular evidence why this is so. Rather you tell us that you program in two OO languages as though the object-oriented paradigm gives you a fundamental insight into the philosophical foundations of AI.
What specific evidence do you have that the strong AI hypothesis is unfounded?