Comment by akomtu

To my knowledge, metaphysics defines consciousness as simple perception. A stone has consciousnesses as it can react to sound waves passing thru it. We have audial, visual and other consciousnesses - our abilities to perceive reality. We can perceive thoughts in limited capacity - that's the mental consciousness. Intelligence is a much more complex phenonenon - it's ability to establish relationships between things, the simplest of those being "me vs not me". Intelligence without consciousness is essentially intelligence without ability to perceive the outside. Connect AI to the network and that very second it gains consciousness.