More Than Intelligence: Consciousness as the Exponent — A CHO Response to Day 14

This document is the fourth and closing response in GKT's dialogical response series to Meriel Batterley's "14 Days of Uncomfortable AI Truths." Ep.19 responded to Days 1–10 (GIGO and the Human Processor); Ep.20 responded to Days 11–13 (Meta-Bias, the Soul Document, Consciousness as Weapon Control). Ep.301 responds to Day 14 — the closing of the series — and offers one step deeper than Meriel's diagnosis. Meriel closes with a powerful sentence: "The danger was never artificial intelligence. It was always just intelligence. Ours." GKT accepts this diagnosis fully — and steps one level deeper: intelligence without consciousness is the root cause of all 14 days Meriel documented. The problem is not intelligence…