Consciousness is located inside our microtubules, not in our brain.
and our brain is not a computer
https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer
So, I don't think a robot can develop a consciousness, but I may be wrong, because I am human !!!
Thank you for the links, I bookmarked it them for later viewing! I think at this stage we don't know how far AI can go, so it would not be wise to assume AI can never become more intelligent than humans. I don't think AI requires consciousness to decide to wipe out the human race, I actually think AI without consciousness is even more dangerous to the existence of the human race, since we will never be able to define the right ruleset for AI to make sure in no circumstance they will harm humans. I'm convinced AI will get much more computing power than our own brains, so that is a given for me :)