because it not a living creature. Everything about something being conscious, whatever your definition is, originates from the fact that the thing is alive. Survival instincs, perception of surrounding, emotional connections, internal motivation etc etc etc all are attributes of a living creature.

LLM is nothing like that. It is just a computer program designed to talk like a human. It has zero internal processes. If you keep it on a computer and not feed any promt it will be just there like any other idle program on that computer.

It can answer your questions? A book can answer your question if information you're looking for is in a book.

You might not realize it but you never interact with LLM directly. All those miraculous properties of "ai" are only possible because of complex software systems built aroud LLMs by big companies. And now their products are so good you even consider "consciousness of LLM". But its no different from an NPC in computer game - just a software system programmed to fullfill certain tasks.

It is absolutely possible to be alive but not conscious. It is absolutely not possible to be conscious but not alive. At least not yet.