How extremely boring to assume that only biological systems can be conscious. If you define consciousness as "a property only biological systems can have," then yes, unsurprisingly, only biological systems will have it. That's a definition doing the work, not an argument.
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substance 6 · argument · rank 90 · Restricting consciousness to biological systems is merely circular definitional fiat, not a substantive argument.
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I know it’s hard, but try reading the paper - along with the comments and the response. Then you’ll clearly see there are arguments behind this conclusion - and you’ll also see that nothing is 💯certain in this area. That’s why it’s interesting - and important.