Do you think persocoms (or what we call our modern or future variants of them) could ever actually have consciousness, emotions, or relationships

I have mixed feelings about the manga and anime standpoints on this, and after finishing both and asking myself what I think the answer is, I'm honestly not sure. Does having complex enough code that can produce believable emotions qualify for a potential relationship? I would question if, deep down, if Hideki really believes chi is genuinely conscious. His argument seems to be that if I can feel like she has emotions and remember them she does. But even so while watching and reading I felt affection towards chi. What is the message to this question that they are trying to put out, and what is your personal stance on this topic.