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If consciousness is an awareness of the world and your place in it, how far down the intelligence spectrum do you have to go to be unconscious?

We recognize that other high lifeforms are aware of their surroundings and feel emotions. Insects too, though extremely simplistic individually, still respond to stimuli and make decisions. Where exactly is the crossover between relying purely on automatic processes to having some awareness of the world?