I continue to think it doesn't much matter what we attach the label "strong AI" to. It's fine with me if you'd prefer to attach that label only to theories that, if true, mean we are spared the burden of figuring out how to distinguish real consciousness from non-conscious simulations of consciousness.

Regardless of labels: yes, if it's important to me to treat those two things differently, then it's also important to me to be able to tell the difference.