People will cling to views as long as they possibly can, despite evidence slapping them in the face.

Eventually it won't matter. Arguments over whether LLMs are "truly" intelligent are going to be a matter of philosophy, and look a little silly.

It literally reminds me of climate denialism.

“Line go up! That is bad! Planet might become unsafe for human life.”

“Nuh uhh! Malankovich cycles and humans are a drop in the bucket! Krakatoa! See!”

“All of California is on fire!”

“Haha, stupid shrill liberals! Go rake your woke forests! Drill baby drill!”

“Are you kidding?! Look at this graph.”

“That’s just propaganda from the elites of the Build-a-bear group!”

“Do we even live in the same universe?”

“And 5g causes COVID!”

“Oh, I guess we’re don’t.”