They rely on this. That's why we can't use the physical operation of something to tell if it has a type-a consciousness or not. I'm not admitting your premise here. Since your definition of type-a consciousness is so vague to be able to tell one way or the other, it is quite possible that it is indeed such an immaterial concept. Your conclusion doesn't necessarily follow.
Humans have type-a consciousness.
You haven't shown this. It's an assumption on your part. Your arguments are insufficient to decide against animism let alone against HAL's type-a consciousness.