> my stance won't change that like any other physical system such as human brains, it could potentially be conscious

On that subject, this recent commentary by three big name neuroscientists may be of interest:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03313-7

There remains a vast amount of difference between a biological brain and an LLM neural network. The "it's big enough, so consciousness just happens" argument is not supported by any actual evidence that I know of.