Without disagreeing (nor agreeing), what do you mean by intelligence? A lot of the disagreements I see is from people disbelieving that "mere" math and algorith

Without disagreeing (nor agreeing), what do you mean by intelligence? A lot of the disagreements I see is from people disbelieving that "mere" math and algorithms can exhibit intelligence. A mystical sort of Intelligence of the Gaps. I don't think that is your stance but I'd be interested in clarification.