Funnily enough I share parts of both of your opinions - due to the lack of the better explanation for what I'm experiencing I do believe I'm conscious (something LLM would say!), but I'm also not entirely convicted I have a free will - it might be free-ish, within the confines of some narrow set of parameters, like a inside of the straw for the ant.

However once again for the lack of the evidence to the contrary, I treat myself and others like we have a free will (for the most part).

Sabine Hossenfelder has a fascinating video on the subject.

> No one earnestly believes that they don't have free will, because if they did, it would result in obvious deviance in behavior.

That's just not true. I'm not convinced I have free will, though in my day-to-day life I admit it makes no difference whether I make choices or merely experience the illusion of making choices. And it's certainly not edginess that drives my uncertainty. I could probably find you talks by at least one person that's quite convinced they don't have free will and would try to convince you of the same.