I'll give you another example: current Neural Network architectures seem to perform in a dreamlike state in which "oh in that area there should be a piece of f

I'll give you another example: current Neural Network architectures seem to perform in a dreamlike state in which "oh in that area there should be a piece of finger this way oriented"; humans also have a wake state module in which they count them fingers. These NNs seem to dream; we can be awake.