It reminds me of this talk[1] and a conversation[2], both hinting at the possibility of the emergence of consciousness from a matter due to quantum properties/effects [edit] and having nothing to do with computation.

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT5CxsyKwxg [2]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXgqik6HXc0