It seems clear to me that most common definitions of consciousness do not lend themselves to precise categorization. There’s a slope from bacteria to the nematode worm to amphibians to mammals and birds to primates and cetaceans, and then humans on top, because we’re clearly better at this than anybody else, for the time being. You can impose a decision boundary on that slope, but that doesn’t tell you anything about the real world.
It seems clear to me that most common definitions of consciousness do not lend themselves to precise categorization. There’s a slope from bacteria to the nematode worm to amphibians to mammals and birds to primates and cetaceans, and then humans on top, because we’re clearly better at this than anybody else, for the time being. You can impose a decision boundary on that slope, but that doesn’t tell you anything about the real world.