If anything, your citation 1, along with subsequent fMRI studies, backs up my point. We literally don't know what we're going to do next. Is that a hallmark of cognition in your book? The rest are simply irrelevant.
They are, in fact, stochastic parrots, that can fool others, like yourself, into believing they are somehow thinking.
What makes you think you're not arguing with one now?
You are not making an argument, you are just making assertions without evidence and then telling us the burden of proof is on us to tell you why not.
If you went walking down the streets yelling the world is run by a secret cabal of reptile-people without evidence, you would rightfully be declared insane.
Our feelings and desires largely determine the content of our thoughts and actions. LLMs do not function as such.
Whether I am arguing with a parrot or not has nothing to do with cognition. A parrot being able to usefully fool a human has nothing to do with cognition.
They are, in fact, stochastic parrots, that can fool others, like yourself, into believing they are somehow thinking.
What makes you think you're not arguing with one now?