I find it interesting because it forces lots of people to think at least superficially about how they would define consciousness and its boundaries.

Does it need a substrate? Does the substrate need to be constantly active? Does it need to be organic? Does it need to be able to do high level computation and thinking? Any answer you may give is unfalsifiable so it’s not like it’s a scientific subject anyway. It’s all vibes.

I like that it gives anyone the opportunity to wrestle with some hardcore metaphysics.