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At the point where it consciously knows that we breed and slaughter them for meat. That would be my red line. I don't know what IQ that equals to.
How do you know livestock cows don't already know this?
I know they don't know this consciously because of their behaviour. If we suppose they were intelligent enough to understand their predicament, I would expect them to protest in some way. For example by breaking out of their captivitity, trying to kill their captors, or even commit suicide.
This is not the behaviour we observe from cows. They seem perfectly happy to bond with and follow along their captors (farmers) right up to the point where they get a bolt through their head.
This - to me - clearly indicates that they are far below an intelligence level where they can understand the living conditions we put them in.
Because they'll just walk into the slaugherhouse unaware like a dumb cow.