That was probably phrased poorly. If a robot can independently accurately do what an intelligent person would do when placed in a novel situation, then yes, I would say it is intelligent.
replyIf it's just basically being a puppet, then no. You tell me what claude code is more like, a puppet, or a person?
How can you distinguish intelligence form a sufficiently accurate imitation of intelligence?
replyBy "sufficiently accurate" do you mean identical? Because if so, it's not an imitation of intelligence at all, and the question is thus nonsensical.
reply"it's not an imitation of intelligence at all"
replyBut that is the key insight, how can you tell when an imitation of intelligence becomes the real thing?