Consciousness from different substrates

If one had a limitless number of light switches, wire, and rheostats (and an electric current to run through it all), would it be possible to wire it up in such a way that the system would be conscious, and could be called a "mind"?



ETA: forgot to add there's no shortage of volunteers to flip the switches and turn the rheostats

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