> I feel like I’m missing something here. Maybe just overcomplicating things. Being 'conscious' really just means being sentient, having some sort of awarenes

> I feel like I’m missing something here. Maybe just overcomplicating things. Being 'conscious' really just means being sentient, having some sort of awareness and ability to sense and react to things. Then there is having a 'consciousness', which is more than just being conscious and generally refers to having some degree of self-awareness. Your macbook doesn't fit into either of these categories, and certainly isn't conscious. Nor is fire, or a virus.