The weirdest thing is people who would buy the idea that silicon can afford this capability. Transmigration of souls into silicon would first be required.
Generally people who believe this stuff fall into one of three categories:
(1) those who don’t believe in the existence of a soul
(2) those who don’t think very clearly
or
(3) those who believe in the position in philosophy of mind called “strong AI” and fancy that the analogy soul:body :: software:hardware is valid in a very strong way.