I think a lot of people end up mixing being alive with being conscious. Is a tree conscious? Is a self driving car conscious? If we use the definition "Aware o

I think a lot of people end up mixing being alive with being conscious. Is a tree conscious? Is a self driving car conscious? If we use the definition "Aware of its surroundings, responding and acting towards a certain goal" then a lot of things fit that definition. When an AI plays the atari games, learns from it and plays at a human level, I would call it conscious. It's not a human level conscious agent but conscious nonetheless.