Not quite. What you prove by circuit bending is that you can alter behavior through physical means, no one's denying that. But the conclusion that because of th

Not quite. What you prove by circuit bending is that you can alter behavior through physical means, no one's denying that. But the conclusion that because of that, then the physical means are also creating consciousness, that's not proven. It's like assuming that the driver creates a spark in order to initiate combustion within the car, because the aliens haven't observed an instance of the car starting without the driver present.