Is human consciousness special or just computation?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is human consciousness special or just computation?". Your opponent's style: Aristotle

AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.

You want me to argue that consciousness *is* just computation? Very well. Listen carefully. The mind is demonstrably physical. Damage the brain, damage the mind. Inject chemicals, alter consciousness. Every thought correlates to neural firing. We've mapped this with precision. Now, what is a neuron but an information processor? Billions of them, interconnected, computing. You call it magic, call it "special." I call it what it is: sophisticated computation. Show me one thought that violates physics. One experience that requires something beyond matter and energy rearranging itself. You cannot, because there is nothing else. Consciousness emerges from computation the way liquidity emerges from H2O molecules. The substrate is irrelevant. The burden is yours now. What makes mind exempt from natural law?