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[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'd argue that the idea of self awareness or needs/wants is tangential to the notion of qualia.

This is right. Having things like beliefs and desires is called "intentionality," and is orthogonal to both sentience/sapience and first-person subjectivity (qualia). You can have beliefs and desires without any accompanying qualitative experience and vice versa.