>>55247050It's not limited to psychic types either, species like Lapras are noted to understand human speech and be very intelligent.
Rotom Dex in Sun/Moon also demonstrates that the Rotom species, at the very least, are equally as sapient as humans.
On the subject of morality, Darkrai had entirely evil ambitions in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon. It was only redeemed through memory loss. The PMD series opted to introduce non-Pokémon final bosses after this to serve as evils that aren't Pokémon.
Other appearances of Darkrai aren't necessarily portrayed as evil but still wrong-doing, such as in Poké Park Wii 2.