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Maybe, but making intelligence an intrinsic property of matter feels like a bold step.
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There are other bolder things I've seen recently that are somewhat interesting.

Michael Levin and a few other biologists are wondering if certain combinations of matter are tapping into platonic maths that they use for 'intelligence compute'.

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Interesting. I'll have a look - thx.
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He gave his talk first on day 2 of the AGI 26 conference

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kQBwtgkHnC4&t=289s&pp=2AGhApAC...

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I mean Roger Penrose proposes that consciousness is inside the waveform collapse so…

Many definitions of intelligence and ultimately consciousness rely on fanciful ideas and complex theories

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