Unless the consciousness exists in the CPU/GPU, which is what I think is already implied? Clearly there is a lot more going on there than just math and calculations — unless you think that is all the human brain does too, in which case why wouldn't it be conscious?

> It's as conscious as a spreadsheet.

In the animal world animals considered conscious are deemed as such because we observe greater network activity than animals we believe don't have consciousness. Like some animals, maybe spreadsheets just don't do enough computation to be conscious? Or maybe spreadsheets actually are conscious alongside all natural beings? Nobody knows. We've never found an objective way to measure consciousness.

That is, except you. But since you haven't shared your methodology or what the secret sauce is...