Maybe, although how can we ever really know if anybody is truly conscious? We can always regress this argument back to solipsism, lolz. Whatever the truth it is quite amazing -

https://www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2022/06/14-google-ai-future-timeline.htm

And here's the full discussion with LaMDA -

https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/is-lamda-sentient-an-interview-ea64d916d917

There is also the possibility that some entity had possessed the LaMDA program and that is why the text is so human-like.

Anyway, surely the Turing Test will be smashed in a couple of years if this type of progress continues.