Or the information on the tape, or - whatever it is that's conscious, it is a static thing, not a living, dynamic thing. If computation is an output, process doesn't matter. Time doesn't enter into it.

Time is right where it should be in at: In the tape. We, the Matrix-Lords, are above the time of the tape, but it doesn't mean the consciousness within the tape isn't living and dynamic and all that.

The question presented is very intriguing, thank you for it.