I find it hard to believe that "consciousness" can exist in a non-neuronal (or at least non-biological system) , i.e., phi greater than 0 outside of a nervous s

I find it hard to believe that "consciousness" can exist in a non-neuronal (or at least non-biological system) , i.e., phi greater than 0 outside of a nervous system. But IIT suggests it can, albeit a small amount, I guess because of back propagation. "If IIT is correct in placing such constraints upon artificial consciousness, deep convolutional networks such as GooGleNet and advanced projects like Blue Brain may be unable to realize high levels of consciousness." http://www.iep.utm.edu/int-info/#SH4c http://www.iep.utm.edu/int-info/#SH4c