I prefer the term soul as opposed to consciousness
Consciousness represents recipient; soul (spirit; spiro - "to breathe") represents adaptation of the recipient (perceiving) to the received (perceivable).
Consciousness requires matter
To be matter implies out of; within and in response to immaterial. As life (material) one cannot perceive ones inception/death (immaterial); because one exists as form (life) within the momentum (balance) of flow (inception towards death).
sentinent AI
SENTIO (to perceive) ARTIFICIAL (in ignorance of naturally perceived) INTELLIGENCE (from intelligo, to understand aka to stand under suggested; while ignoring perceived).
hardware
Hardware running software represents the suggested inversion of software (flow) running hardware (form).
Consciousness represents recipient; soul (spirit; spiro - "to breathe") represents adaptation of the recipient (perceiving) to the received (perceivable).
To be matter implies out of; within and in response to immaterial. As life (material) one cannot perceive ones inception/death (immaterial); because one exists as form (life) within the momentum (balance) of flow (inception towards death).
SENTIO (to perceive) ARTIFICIAL (in ignorance of naturally perceived) INTELLIGENCE (from intelligo, to understand aka to stand under suggested; while ignoring perceived).
Hardware running software represents the suggested inversion of software (flow) running hardware (form).