𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗕𝗧𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 – 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 & 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Everyone talks about consciousness. I say: wrong perspective, outdated idea.
Consciousness is not a place. Not a center you "find" in an fMRI.

This interface emerges when a substrate crosses a structural complexity threshold and becomes capable of distinguishing internal processing from external boundaries for the first time.

I call this emergent interface:

BTI – Bidirectional Transition Interface.
BTI is not a module, not an instance, not a localization.

An interface that emerges as soon as information processing requires demarcation inward – for introspection – and outward – as an individual.
Current empirical work (including Nature) shows exactly this: no stable signature, no location, no center.

TSI – Theory of Substrate Impact on Structural Identity therefore does not ask: "What is consciousness?" but: "At what point does a substrate cross the threshold for BTI formation?"

TSI is substrate-independent, structurally defined, and does not conflict with current findings in neuroscience and AI research.
Consciousness is not the beginning.
BTI is.

Link to preprint: 📎https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18057179

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