Self-awareness (a well-written character's model includes a model of itself, and can do introspection using the intelligent behavior above)
What else is necessary to have consciousness? There are plenty of other things that could be important, but they don't seem necessary to me upon reflection. For example:
Continuity of self; Time skips in stories involve coming up with approximately what
What exactly does "consciousness" even mean here, though?
I've written before, and at my best my model of my characters included:
Complex emotions (as in multiple emotions at once with varying intensities)
Intelligent behavior (by borrowing my own intelligence, my characters could react intelligently to the same range of situations as I can)
Preferences (they liked/disliked, loved/hated, desired/feared, etc)
Self-awareness (a well-written character's model includes a model of itself, and can do introspection using the intelligent behavior above)
What else is necessary to have consciousness? There are plenty of other things that could be important, but they don't seem necessary to me upon reflection. For example:
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