I don't know how people can read stuff like this and think LLMs are intelligent or conscious.

I don't really see how you got to your comment from what I quoted. However, somewhat relatedly, I proposed a thought experiment about this in the comments for Opus 4.7[0]:

> It's April, 1991. Magically, some interface to Claude materialises in London. Do you think most people would think it was a sentient life form? How much do you think the interface matters - what if it looks like an android, or like a horse, or like a large bug, or a keyboard on wheels?

> I don't come down particularly hard on either side of the model sapience discussion, but I don't think dismissing either direction out of hand is the right call.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47680059

Consciousness aside, why does reading about an LLM generalizing from specific to general dishonesty make you think it's not intelligent?