Comment by simianwords

The only scientific way to prove intelligence is using statistics. If you can prove that a certain LLM is accurate enough in generalised benchmarks it is sufficient to call it intelligent.

I don't need to know how it works internally, why it works internally.

What you (and parent post) are suggesting is that it is not intelligent based on its working. This is not a scientific take on the subject.

This is in fact how it works for medicine. A drug works because it has been shown to work based on statistical evidence. Even if we don't know how it works internally.