Isn't this basically what dreams are? You have self-awareness and you experience what it's like to be "you", but your brain is essentially free-wheeling its ow

Isn't this basically what dreams are? You have self-awareness and you experience what it's like to be "you", but your brain is essentially free-wheeling its own reality because it's disconnected from all stimuli. If so, black-box consciousness seems like a harmless, if not completely pointless, curiosity.