The "hard problems" of Machine Consciousness

Let's discuss the various difficulties that need to be overcome in order to create artificial intelligence that can achieve some level of consciousness, let alone a human-like level. Some of the issues include the need to create an AI that can understand and react to the complexities of experiences which stem from the real world, as well as the need to create AI that can understand and replicate the logical workings of the human mind. Sentience is the ability to feel, perceive, or experience subjectively. Machines can currently only experience the world objectively; they cannot feel or perceive subjectively. To create a conscious machine, we need to understand sentience and how to create it.