The problem is not that it is expensive, but that, most likely, it is not superintelligence. Superintelligence is not exploring the problem space semi-blindly,

The problem is not that it is expensive, but that, most likely, it is not superintelligence. Superintelligence is not exploring the problem space semi-blindly, if the thounsands $$$ per task are actually spent for that. There is a reason the actual ARC-AGI prize requires efficiency, because the point is not "passing the test" but solving the framing problem of intelligence.