Now we see why consciousness requires more than just integrated information. A sentient system must have a cohesive model of the world, built up through interaction with it, and that world model must include a model of the system doing the modeling.

“a phenomenological model of consciousness based on information theory.” This representation of consciousness is phenomenological in that it deals directly with events—phenomena—as we experience and interpret them, rather than focusing on the anatomical structures, neurochemical processes, or unconscious purposes that make these events possible.

five important traits fundamental to consciousness; these are the ‘axioms’ on which IIT is built. The first axiom is the basic fact that consciousness exists. Others include the observation that a conscious experience is composed of multiple distinct sensations, the experience is specific, it appears to us as an integrated whole and it is uniquely