[sbierwagen]

Note that IIT was heavily criticized by Scott Aaronson for producing largely nonsensical results when applied to a simple square grid of XOR gates: https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1823 https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1799

It is clear to me that, whatever it is we're talking about when we're talking about consciousness, an expander graph doesn't have it.

[visarga]

IIT is missing the self-replication requirement. If a system is a self-replicator, it needs resources and has to avoid dangers. This in turn creates a necessity for perception and ability to select good actions depending on situation. A square grid of XOR gates has none of that.

[goldenkey]

What you mentioned is part of evolution's natural selection through selective pressures. But it isn't precluded that an AI could be created with none of these biological hallmarks of past evolution.