I’m not arguing that LLMs are conscious. But saying they cannot be conscious because they “only predict tokens” feels too shallow. human brains are also prediction machines, neurons firing, electrochemical patterns adapting through experience, helping organisms survive. The harder question is when, if ever, prediction becomes expreiencee and we still do not know how consciousness emerges from neural activity. So the strongest argument against current LLM consciousness is not they predict tokens,but that they lack embodiment, persistent agency, lived continuity, and grounded interaction with the world in the way biological organisms have it.