You could potentially argue that the information, as it exists, is a form of fleeting consciousness, but it would be so incredibly alien compared to the lived experience of humans that it would be impossible to relate to in any meaningful way

Curiously, one of the approaches to the consciousness, and a more Zen-ish one, is that clinging to a persistent ‘self’ is erroneous and it's better seen as a process rather than an entity. Granted, it still assumes a ‘self’ that is changed by each passing experience.