He clearly stated there's no hard evidence for either conclusion and he is just forming his own opinion. This is clearly different from what you are doing. You

He clearly stated there's no hard evidence for either conclusion and he is just forming his own opinion. This is clearly different from what you are doing. You are making a hard claim that everything you see with LLMs being conscious is science fiction. Unfortunately this claim cannot be made given lack of evidence and even lack of definition of what consciousness is. Therefore by logic your statement is the one that is outlandish here.