> Anything else feels like mind-body dualism to me.
It seems you misunderstand what "mind-body dualism" means then. Mind-body dualism is basically a supernatural belief that the mind exists independent of physical reality. For example, dualists believe that an AI, which is based on physical computing systems, can never possess a mind. Believing that intelligence can arise from a physical process (e.g. a computer chip) is the opposite of that.
It's unclear to me whether you actually subscribe to the dualist view but someone who believes that intelligence can arise from a computer chip does not.
It seems you misunderstand what "mind-body dualism" means then. Mind-body dualism is basically a supernatural belief that the mind exists independent of physical reality. For example, dualists believe that an AI, which is based on physical computing systems, can never possess a mind. Believing that intelligence can arise from a physical process (e.g. a computer chip) is the opposite of that.
It's unclear to me whether you actually subscribe to the dualist view but someone who believes that intelligence can arise from a computer chip does not.