T-Rex: The buds of a young sunflower turn towards the sun, following its course throughout the day. Go sunflowers! But in another more meaningful sense, whatever, it's just a plant.

T-Rex: But now, let's assume the sunflower is as conscious as I am!!

T-Rex: That's some sunflower! This sunflower can now CHOOSE to follow the sun, or choose otherwise. Obviously an intelligent sunflower would follow the sun, because that's the best thing to ensure the sunflower's health and survival! So what does consciousness gain the sunflower? Nothing! It's totally impossible to tell a conscious sunflower from a regular GARDEN-VARIETY one by looking at what it does!

Utahraptor: And maybe we could extend the same argument to... US?
T-Rex: Exactly!

Utahraptor: Well, you're overlooking the fact that what consciousness does is give us a choice! A conscious sunflower could CHOOSE not to follow the sun, and then it's behaving differently.
T-Rex: Oh, terrific! So the only thing to argue for consciousness is that it lets us practice intentional self harm? YAY FOR SELF AWARENESS??

T-Rex: I slept in on purpose because I was afraid of facing the day, therefore I am