How do you explain dreaming animals then?
Isn't the capability of dreaming and simulating situations in your head the definition of consciousness?
Isn't the capability of dreaming and simulating situations in your head the definition of consciousness?
Plenty of AIs are capable of something very much alike to "dreaming and simulating situations in your head" too. Humans really hate the idea of AIs being conscious, so surely that means dreaming can't be in any way important for determining whether something is conscious or not.