Where does the operating system and software come from, if not from the CPU? Is computer software just an illusion being experienced by a computer?
Computer operating systems, CPUs,and software are expressions of consciousness. In fact, all technology is an expression of consciousness.
Computers are networks of paths that electrons can take, not some higher consciousness. Learn what you're talking about before you make theories about it. Besides, we KNOW EXACTLY how computers work, we made them. There's no mystery about it like there is with the brain.
No shit we make them, hence they are an expression of consciousness.