Intelligence is just another trait (aka feature, aka niche). It is no different than the long neck of a giraffe, or the speed of a cheetah, or the halophilic abilities of certain bacteria, or the photosynthesis ability of plants. The only reason you think intelligence is special is because that's the defining trait for your species and because in a meta way intelligence itself makes you think its superior to all the other traits.

If you think intelligence is special, then humans, as the most intelligent species on Earth, must be special. Given that, what are the chances you were born in such a special vessel? Either god exists, or you specifically are being simulated, or you are just wrong.

To extend this thought further, there is nothing special about life, it is just another emergent process in the universe. There is nothing special about computers or artificial intelligence, also just another emergent process. There is no process in the universe that is more special or significant than any other process - they just are the way they are.

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