That's a great question! I would say that probably (but hard to prove), if something is a generalized intelligence mimic, it's probably best to treat it as int

That's a great question! I would say that probably (but hard to prove), if something is a generalized intelligence mimic, it's probably best to treat it as intelligent, and as long as we don't have a reliable, quantitative metric for intelligence, we won't be able to say for sure. Although I was originally a solipsist, I take it as given that other humans, dogs, cats, octopuses, and a wide range of other creatures are "truly" intelligent, but I honestly have no biophysical way to test that.