I disagree.
I believe that LLMs do exhibit reasoning, but not intelligence. A simple dictionary definition of intelligence from duck duck go is "the ability to acquire, understand, and use knowledge." LLMs can reason using the knowledge they already possess, but they cannot of their own accord decide to go out and acquire new knowledge. Not without being prompted to. Web searches may be added to the context but are not absorbed into the model itself, so once the context is gone so is that obtained knowledge.
Fundamentally, then, intelligence is the ability and drive to understand the world by formulating theories about how it works and then taking actions to validate or invalidate those theories. Science is the formalization of that, but a cat knocking something off a counter to watch it fall is exhibiting intelligence.
And indeed, I believe that is the core difference between a stochastic parrot and an intelligent being. I put forward that being self-motive is a required trait for intelligence and LLMs are not self-motive so therefore they are not intelligent.