The integration of spatiality seems to allow for greater modularity and sparsity, but I'm not yet sure that it implies an increase in intelligent ability. If anything it may hinder its capacity for computation.
My rationale comes back to the fact that biomolecule's function is dictated by its structure, so, it seems critical to have spatiality of some sort to achieve qualities of living systems.
You might mean that with "time", but I think recursiveness with a delay is the critical part (and to some extend, is achieved with spatiality).
I mean 3D aware parameters.
For sure; with you on that one 100%.
It's gonna be an E=mc2 moment when people figure it out; a deep shift in understanding.