The answers may disappoint you, though.
Let's try some.
> Is a dog conscious?
Probably yes. Dog are social animals, so it makes sense that they would have the ability to reflect on earlier events, including a memory of what they were thinking.
Since we don't have a common language so we can hear their introspective reports, it's hard to confirm, though.
> Is ChatGPT conscious?
No, it does not make observations of its own mental state. When it appears to do so, it is reconstructing plausible observations from its training set of others making such observations.
That's just the specific design of ChatGPT, though. It doesn't have an "inner thought" layer. Other AI designs could easily be conscious; it's just that the best ones we've so far managed to build, don't have it.
> Is ps conscious?
No, it doesn't think.
> Does consciousness survive death?
Obviously no. It's a property of the living brain.
Somehow, that was way too easy to answer for such a big question.
There's this expectation that the answer should cover all the mysteries of life and death. It doesn't. It just answers a specific question about consciousness, which, with my definition, is a simple question with a simple answer.