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.
Suppose I have choice between the following:
A) One simulation of me is run for me 100 years, before being deleted.
B) Two identical simulations of me are run for 100 years, before being deleted.
Is the second choice preferable to the first? Should I be willing to pay more to have multiple copies of me simulated, even if those copies will have the exact same experiences?
Forgive me if this question has been answered before. I have Googled to no avail.