The Topological Mind: Integrated Information and Predictive Thermodynamic Shielding in QGEFT

In the current `N=1024` Genesis Mind benchmark, a `10`-node hyper-recurrent motif with `26` realized internal edges survives the full `200`-sweep window with no entropy dumps, reaches a peak integrated-information proxy `Phi ≈ 0.4549` at sweep `76`, achieves maximal predictive alignment `≈ 0.9290` with minimum prediction error `≈ 0.0765` at sweep `66`, and preserves the host giant component at `f_GC ≈ 0.9990`. Relative to the dissipative `Project Eden` benchmark, which required `1550` entropy-dump rewires and drove the host giant component down to `0.7734`, the current evidence supports a distinct predictive-shielding regime in which internal organization is maintained without parasitic environmental degradation. The result does not yet establish literal consciousness or exact IIT `Phi`; it establishes a concrete topology-aware surrogate for integrated predictive survival.