[empath75]

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.

If it's just basically being a puppet, then no. You tell me what claude code is more like, a puppet, or a person?

[qsera]

It is neither puppet or a person. It is a computer program.

[throw310822]

As much as a bundle of an mp3 decoder and a terabyte of mp3 music are "just a program".