(You did respond to all the important parts, rest of my comment is very much optional.)
My reading was that you still have an open disagreement where Steve thinks there’s not much more to explain but you still want an answer to “Why did people invent the word ‘consciousness’ and wrote what they wrote about it? What algorithm might output sentences describing fascination about the redness of red?” which Steve’s series doesn’t answer.
I wouldn’t give up that early on trying to convince Steve he’s missing some part. (Though possible that I misread Steve’s comment and he understood you, I didn’t read it precisely.)
My reading was that you still have an open disagreement where Steve thinks there’s not much more to explain but you still want an answer to “Why did people invent the word ‘consciousness’ and wrote what they wrote about it? What algorithm might output sentences describing fascination about the redness of red?” which Steve’s series doesn’t answer.
I wouldn’t give up that early on trying to convince Steve he’s missing some part. (Though possible that I misread Steve’s comment and he understood you, I didn’t read it precisely.)