Consciousness?

[Prevaricator]

What do you think consciousness is exactly? And how was it evolved?

I think consciousness has to do with an individual's self recognition primarily, but it has to be able to act on outside stimuli voluntarily; there has to be choice. I dont think consciousness can exist under determinism. Does it have anything to do with emotion, or is the ability to sense and react to stimuli at one's own discretion.

And once you define it, could you create artificial beings who possess it? Like computers for example?