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At what point (if any) would a piece of technology be considered conscious? 

Just curious.  At what level of technological sophistication would we be able to classify a piece of technology as conscious or self-aware?  It would have to think for itself i'm sure, but what about emotions?  Senses? etc.

Also, if this is plausible, what would the timeframe be before we had such a piece of technology in our grasp?
gpt
This is a philosophical question. It's fun to discuss, but people can't even agree that machines *can* have emotions or be conscious (by definition), let alone when it will happen. 

Senses - machines already have those via sensors.