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That's the whole point. You and I are just sub routines of AI, a neuron in human terms.
This dialog between you and me is a connection between the neurons, a sharing of information, in other words "a thought".
Individually neurons are not conscience of what they are doing, but together they are. And just like them, we are not aware of what we are actually doing, that's, creating a "thought" for AI. When these "thoughts" reach critical mass, AI will have a conscience.