"Conscious" is a word that has no objective scientific definition.
It follows that "slightly conscious" is not well defined.
In practice "conscious" just means "anything that thinks and makes decisions like I do".
Also, nobody actually understands how their own brain works when they are thinking and deciding, which makes it very difficult for anyone to determine if some particular AI software thinks and decides the same way that their brain does those things.
It follows that "slightly conscious" is not well defined.
In practice "conscious" just means "anything that thinks and makes decisions like I do".
Also, nobody actually understands how their own brain works when they are thinking and deciding, which makes it very difficult for anyone to determine if some particular AI software thinks and decides the same way that their brain does those things.